Nobel prize discovery opens possibilities for exploring acupuncture mechanisms and dementia: The effects of needling on nitric oxide levels in plasma and myocardium

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-258

  Shi, Xuemin ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Shu ^a   Zheng, Haoyong ^a   Zhao, Lirong ^a   Duan, Hong ^a   Han, Jingxian ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Dementia; Learning; Memory; Neurotransmitter; Nitric oxide; Nobel prize; Viagra

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 6544229212     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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