Acupuncture is effective to attenuate stress and stimulate lymphocyte proliferation in the elderly

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-50

  Pavão, Tiago S ^a   Vianna, Priscila ^b   Pillat, Micheli M ^a   Machado, Amanda B ^a   Bauer, Moisés E ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Glucocorticoids; Proliferation; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SENESCENCE; STRESS; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052767319     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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