Earthworms dilong: Ancient, inexpensive, noncontroversial models may help clarify approaches to integrated medicine emphasizing neuroimmune systems

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cooper, Edwin L ^a,b   Balamurugan, Mariappan ^c   Huang, Chih Yang ^a   Tsao, Clara R ^d   Heredia, Jesus ^d   Tommaseo Ponzetta, Mila ^e   Paoletti, Maurizio G ^f  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; PROTEIN KINASE B;

AFRICA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; AYURVEDA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARTHWORM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACT; FOOD; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84864984648     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/164152     Document Type: Review

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