About the neurobiological foundations of the De-Qi - Stimulus-response relation

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 807-814

  Abad Alegría, Francisco ^a,b   Pomarón, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; De Qi; F Response; Neuroreflexotherapy; Somatosensorial evoked Potential

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; TELENCEPHALON; VOLUNTEER; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744452516     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002375     Document Type: Article

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