Repeated acupuncture treatment affects leukocyte circulation in healthy young male subjects: A randomized single-blind two-period crossover study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-324

  Kou, Wei ^a   Bell, John D ^a   Gareus, Isabel ^a   Pacheco López, Gustavo ^a   Goebel, Marion U ^a   Spahn, Günther ^a   Stratmann, Michael ^a   Janssen, Onno E ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^b   Dobos, Gustav J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cortisol; Immune system; Leukocyte circulation; Neuroendocrine system; Norepinephrine; Traditional chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETREATMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 20444376937     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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