Traditional acupuncture does not modulate the endothelial dysfunction induced by mental stress

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 357-362

  Jambrik, Zoltán ^a   Chunzeng, Lu ^a   Santarcangelo, Enrica L ^b   Sebastiani, Laura ^b   Ghelarducci, Brunello ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Endothelial function; Hypnotizability; Mental stress

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SPINAL CORD; VARIANCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 4644301416     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000041939.61963.b0     Document Type: Article

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