Changes in SPECT cerebral blood flow following japanese style, superficial acupuncture at LI-4 and LI-11 in healthy volunteers

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Jung, Woo Sang ^a   Park, Seong Uk ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Kim, Deog Yoon ^b   Hong, Il Ki ^b   An, Young Sil ^c   Moon, Sang Kwan ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERFICIAL ACUPUNCTURE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955013685     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0331     Document Type: Article

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