Neural mechanism of acupuncture-modulated gastric motility

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-716

  Li, Yu Qing ^a   Zhu, Bing ^a,b   Rong, Pei Jing ^a   Ben, Hui ^a   Li, Yan Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture stimulation; Autonomic nervous system; A fiber; C fiber; Gastric motility; Intensity of acupuncture stimulation; Supraspinal circuit

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; STIMULATION; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PRESSURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33846967821     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.709     Document Type: Article

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