Personal interaction with a Reiki practitioner decreases noise-induced microvascular damage in an animal model

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Baldwin, Ann L ^a   Schwartz, Gary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENERGY; EXPOSURE; HEALING; MALE; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REIKI; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VENULE;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NOISE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESEARCH DESIGN; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33644770295     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.15     Document Type: Article

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