Pupillary response induced by acupuncture stimulation - An experimental study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Mori, Hidetoshi ^c   Ueda, Shoichi ^c   Kuge, Hiroshi ^c   Taniwaki, Eiichi ^c   Tanaka, Tim Hideaki ^a   Adachi, Kiyoshi ^b   Nishijo, Kazushi ^c  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical and Dental University   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Plethysmography; Pupil; Pupillary reflex

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOGRAPHY; SITTING; STUDENT;

EID: 47049114054     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.26.2.79     Document Type: Article

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