Are primo vessels (PVs) on the surface of gastrointestine involved in regulation of gastric motility induced by stimulating acupoints ST36 or CV12?

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xiaoyu ^a   Shi, Hong ^a   Shang, Hongyan ^a   Su, Yangshuai ^a   Xin, Juanjuan ^a,b   He, Wei ^a   Jing, Xianghong ^a   Zhu, Bing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BONHAN DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMO VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH MOTILITY;

EID: 84874834641     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/787683     Document Type: Article

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