Electro-acupuncture of Foot Yangming regulates gastric activity possibly through mediation of the dorsal vagal complex

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Wang, Jing Jie ^a,b   Ming, Qin ^a,b   Liu, Xiao Dong ^b   Huang, Yu Xin ^a   Chen, Liang Wei ^b   Qiu, Jian Yong ^b   Duan, Li ^b   Cao, Rong ^b   Rao, Zhi Ren ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal vagal complex; Electro acupuncture; Gastric activity; Shangchuhsu; Tsusanli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH FUNCTION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STOMACH; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34347381307     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004977     Document Type: Article

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