Electrodermal mapping of an acupuncture point and a non-acupuncture point

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 781-782

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Niemtzow, Richard C ^b   Wang, Lu ^a   Gao, Xinyan ^a,c   Urak, Christian H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; COPPER; GOLD;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052201704     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0489     Document Type: Letter

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