Effect of acupuncture therapy for postponing wallerian degeneration of cerebral infarction as shown by diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1154-1160

  Shen, Yunxia ^a,b   Li, Ming ^b   Wei, Ruipeng ^b   Lou, Mingwu ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 84870523134     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0493     Document Type: Article

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