Site-specific organ-selective effect of epifascial acupuncture on cardiac and gastric autonomic functions

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 151-154

  Minagawa, Munenori ^a   Kurono, Yasuzo ^b   Ishigami, Tatsuyo ^c   Yamada, Atsushi ^d   Kakamu, Toshinori ^a   Akai, Ryoichi ^e   Hayano, Junichiro ^f  

^a The Oriental Medical Center Group Futaba Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic   (Japan)

^b Oriental Medical Center   (Japan)

^c The Oriental Medical Center Group Sakae Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic   (Japan)

^d The Oriental Medical Center Group Futaba Acupuncture and Moxibustion Clinic   (Japan)

^e Nipro Corporation   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Electrogastrography; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY SURFACE; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; EPIFASCIAL ACUPUNCTURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STIMULATION; STOMACH FUNCTION;

ACUPUNCTURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84897068421     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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