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Anesthesia and Analgesia > Analgesia > Acupuncture Analgesia
Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Acupuncture Therapy > Acupuncture Analgesia

Preferred term

Acupuncture Analgesia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Analgesia, Acupuncture

Scope note

  • Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia.

History note

  • 1990; for ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA use ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA 1991-2001; use ACUPUNCTURE 1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015667

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