Acupuncture induces a pro-inflammatory immune response intensified by a conditioning-expectation effect

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Karst, Matthias ^a   Schneidewind, Diana ^a   Scheinichen, Dirk ^a   Juettner, Bjoern ^a   Bernateck, Michael ^a   Molsberger, Albrecht ^b   Parlesak, Alexandr ^c   Passie, Torsten ^a   Hoy, Ludwig ^a   Fink, Matthias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Acupuncture Research Group   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Leukocytes; Placebo mechanisms; Relaxation; Respiratory burst

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 77949555902     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264657     Document Type: Article

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