Peripheral muscarinic receptors mediate the anti-inflammatory effects of auricular acupuncture

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chung, Wai Y ^a,b   Zhang, Hong Q ^a   Zhang, Shi P ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; METHYLATROPINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RAT;

EID: 78651541743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-3     Document Type: Article

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