Study of the effects of electroacupuncture in a rodent model of cerebral ischaemia

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Domenici, Maria Rosaria ^a   Mingfu, Luo ^b   Tebano, Maria Teresa ^a   Reggio, Rosaria ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^a   Petti, Filomena ^c   Liguori, Aldo ^c   Popoli, Patrizia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Ist di Agopuntura e Moxibustione   (China)

^c Paracelso Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischaemia; Electroacupuncture; Gerbils; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 1842429744     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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