Effects of GV20 acupuncture on cerebral blood flow velocity of middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery territories, and CO2 reactivity during hypocapnia in normal subjects

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-224

  Byeon, Hyung Sik ^a   Moon, Sang Kwan ^a   Park, Seong Uk ^b   Jung, Woo Sang ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^b   Ko, Chang Nam ^b   Cho, Ki Ho ^a   Kim, Young Suk ^a   Bae, Hyung Sup ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; HYPOCAPNIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952930811     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0232     Document Type: Article

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