Acupuncture of LI-4 in anesthetized healthy humans decreases cerebral blood flow in the putamen measured with positron emission tomography

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-311

  Schlünzen, Lise ^a   Vafaee, Manouchehr S ^a   Cold, Georg E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SEVOFLURANE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SKIN PENETRATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUTAMEN;

EID: 33846433146     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000252927.10415.ec     Document Type: Article

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