Electrical characterization of acupuncture points: Technical issues and challenges

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 817-824

  Ahn, Andrew C ^a,b,c   Martinsen, Ørjan G ^d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; COMPUTER; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWEAT GLAND;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 35948985871     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7193     Document Type: Review

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