Electroacupuncture and brain protection against cerebral ischemia: Specific effects of acupoints

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Fei ^a,b   Guo, Jingchun ^c   Cheng, Jieshi ^c   Wu, Gencheng ^c   Sun, Jian ^b   Xia, Ying ^d,e  

^a Shanghai Research Center for Acupuncture and Meridians   (China)

^b Gongli Hospital   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; SPIKE WAVE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84878681588     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/804397     Document Type: Article

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