Evaluation of scalp and auricular acupuncture on EEG, HRV, and PRV

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Hsu, Chih Chieh ^a   Weng, Ching Sung ^a   Sun, Mao Feng ^b,c   Shyu, Liang Yu ^a   Hu, Wei Chih ^a   Chang, Yung Hsien ^d  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; EEG; Heart Rate Variability; Pulse Rate Variability

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PULSE RATE; RELAXATION SENSATION; SCALP; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EAR, EXTERNAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PULSE; SCALP; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34147197217     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0700476X     Document Type: Article

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