Improvement of the interleukin 2 and tumour necrosis factor α release by blood leukocytes as well as of plasma cortisol and antioxidant levels after acupuncture treatment in women suffering anxiety

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Arranz, Lorena ^a   Siboni, León ^a   De la Fuente, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anxiety; Cortisol; Cytokines; Total antioxidant levels; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751312481     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32725/jab.2006.012     Document Type: Article

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