Visual function with acupuncture tested by visual evoked potential

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-241

  Sagara, Yoshiko ^a   Fuse, Nobuo ^a   Seimiya, Motohiko ^a   Yokokura, Syunji ^a   Watanabe, Kei ^a   Nakazawa, Toru ^a   Kurusu, Masayuki ^b   Seki, Takashi ^b   Tamai, Makoto ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; VEP; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WAVEFORM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; VISION;

EID: 33745206281     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.209.235     Document Type: Article

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