Acupuncture affects regional blood flow in various organs

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-151

  Uchida, Sae ^a   Hotta, Harumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon reflex; Cerebral blood flow; Muscle blood flow; Somato autonomic reflex; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; FOREBRAIN; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 44649096392     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem051     Document Type: Review

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