Using MicroPET imaging in quantitative verification of the acupuncture effect in ischemia stroke treatment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Huafeng ^a   Shen, Xiaoyan ^a   Tang, Hongtu ^b   Li, Jia ^b   Xiang, Ting ^b   Yu, Weichuan ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872691022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01070     Document Type: Article

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