Effects of electroacupuncture stimulation applied to limb and back on mesenteric microvascular hemodynamics

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-203

  Takagi, Kentaro ^a   Yamaguchi, Shinjiro ^a   Ito, Momoyo ^a   Ohshima, Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture stimulation; Hemodynamics; Microcirculation; Somato sympathetic reflex; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HINDLIMB; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MICROSCOPE; MUSCLE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RAT; SENSOR; SKIN; TACHYCARDIA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VELOCITY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BACK; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HINDLIMB; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 28544442554     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: 0021521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.R2115     Document Type: Article

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