Afferent Neural Branching at Human Acupuncture Points: Do Needles Stimulate or Inhibit?

Background: Acupuncture has previously been considered to be stimulatory to the nervous system; however, the specific mechanism for this remains unknown, with the few published studies of acupuncture-point histology showing reduced numbers of nerves and neural receptors at acupuncture-point sites. O...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Silberstein, Morry, Adcroft, K., Wan, A., Massi, Massimiliano
Format: Journal Article
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11907