Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , September 2008

Acupuncture Muscle Channel in the Subcutaneous Layer of Rat Skin

  • Byung-Cheon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Vyacheslav Ogay

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ki Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Yuwon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Materials Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jin-Kyu Lee

      Affiliations

    • Materials Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–747, Korea

Received 24 April 2008 ,Accepted 2 June 2008.

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PII: S2005-2901(09)60002-9

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60002-9

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , September 2008

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