The cutaneous intrinsic visceral afferent nervous system: A new model for acupuncture analgesia

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 637-642

  Silberstein, Morry ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; C fiber tactile afferents; Merkel cells; Skin electrical resistance; Unmyelinated afferents

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MERKEL CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MERKEL CELLS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70350567822     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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