Involvement of the mechanoreceptors in the sensory mechanisms of manual and electrical acupuncture

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-31

  Yamamoto, Hiromi ^a   Kawada, Toru ^b   Kamiya, Atsunori ^b   Miyazaki, Shunichi ^a   Sugimachi, Masaru ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Aortic depressor nerve; Arterial blood pressure; Gadolinium; Heart rate; Mechanoreceptor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HINDLIMB; MALE; MANUAL ACUPUNCTURE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GADOLINIUM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79551539842     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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