The effectiveness of acupuncture for treating depression: A review

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-131

  Kim, Yoon Hang John ^a,b  

^a WellJourney LLC   (United States)

^b Georgia Integrative Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ENDORPHIN; MELATONIN; MIANSERIN; NALOXONE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547097766     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2007.13305     Document Type: Review

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