Acupuncture for the treatment of drug addiction

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2013-2022

  Cui, Cai Lian ^a,b,c,d   Wu, Liu Zhen ^a,b,c,d   Luo, Fei ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Drug addiction; Relapse; Withdrawal syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 51749116211     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9784-8     Document Type: Review

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