Electroacupuncture at acupoints could predict the outcome of anterior nucleus thalamus high-frequency electrical stimulation in medically refractory epilepsy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-428

  Yan, Na ^a   Chen, Ning ^a   Lu, Jiapeng ^a   Wang, Youxin ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881549103     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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