Acupuncture mechanism and redox equilibrium

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zeng, Xiang Hong ^a,b   Li, Qian Qian ^a   Xu, Qian ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Liu, Cun Zhi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MICROGLIA; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84904656920     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/483294     Document Type: Review

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