Mechanisms of acupuncture-electroacupuncture on persistent pain

Anesthesiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 482-503

  Zhang, Ruixin ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a   Ren, Ke ^b   Berman, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; NEURALGIA; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 84895057469     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000101     Document Type: Review

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