A review of acupoint specificity research in China: Status Quo and prospects

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Chen, Ji ^a   Liu, Cun Zhi ^b   Li, Ying ^a   Cai, Ding Jun ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Liang, Fan Rong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ACUPOINT SPECIFICITY; ACUPUNCTURE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DATA MINING; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOXIBUSTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

EID: 84870169767     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/543943     Document Type: Review

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