A proposed transpositional acupoint system in a mouse and rat model

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Yin, Chang Shik ^a   Jeong, Hyeok Sang ^a   Park, Hi Joon ^a   Baik, Yousang ^a   Yoon, Moon Hyun ^b   Choi, Chi Bong ^b   Koh, Hyeong Gyun ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture points; Animal acupoints; Mouse; Rat; Transpositional method

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; MICE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36849000329     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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