Acupuncture enhances generation of nitric oxide and increases local circulation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Tsuchiya, Masahiko ^a   Sato, Eisuke F ^a   Inoue, Masayasu ^a   Asada, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOREARM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33846459018     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000230622.16367.fb     Document Type: Article

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