A neurovascular transmission model for acupuncture-induced nitric oxide

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-50

  Hsiao, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Tsai, Li Jen ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture point; Mechanotransduction; Meridian; Neurovascular transmission; Nitric oxide; Resonance theory

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROCIRCULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MERIDIANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; SKIN;

EID: 54849437108     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60006-6     Document Type: Article

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