Acupuncture of specific points influences cortical auditory evoked potentials - A volunteer crossover study

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Lietz, Peggy ^a   Schmidt, Reinhard ^b   Hosemann, Werner ^b   Pavlovic, Dragan ^b   Gizhko, Vasyl ^b   Lehmann, Christian ^c   Wendt, Michael ^b   Usichenko, Taras I ^b  

^a Department of Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acupuncture specificity; Cortical response; Electrophysiology; Evoked potentials; Randomized crossover trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE;

EID: 46249115429     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012908803861177     Document Type: Article

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