A comparative study of the effects of electroacupuncture and moxibustion in the gastrointestinal motility of the rat

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 602-610

  Tabosa, Angela ^a   Yamamura, Ysao ^a   Romão Forno, Eduardo ^a   Mello, Luiz Eugênio A M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acupuncture point; Gastrointestinal motility; Moxibustion; Plastic beads; Rat

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; STIMULATION; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; TIME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MOXIBUSTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; PERISTALSIS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942737284     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000026305.20852.41     Document Type: Article

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