Blood Fluidity Enhancement by Electrical Acupuncture Stimulation is Related to an Adrenergic Mechanism

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Ishikawa, Shintaro ^a   Suga, Hiroki ^a   Fukushima, Masaya ^a   Yoshida, Atsuhiro ^a   Yoshida, Yuri ^a   Sunagawa, Masataka ^a   Hisamitsu, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood fluidity; Electrical acupuncture; Endogenous adrenergic mechanism; Laser scattering platelet aggregometer; Micro Channel Array Flow Analyzer; Platelet aggregation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NALOXONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 84856592162     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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