Global trends and performances of acupuncture research

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 680-687

  Han, Ji Sheng ^a,b   Ho, Yuh Shan ^c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupoint; Acupuncture; Bibliometric; Electroacupuncture; FMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Opioid peptides; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CHINA; CHIROPRACTIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LANGUAGE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649907179     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.08.006     Document Type: Review

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