Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , September 2008

Novel Anatomic Structures in the Brain and Spinal Cord of Rabbit That May Belong to the Bonghan System of Potential Acupuncture Meridians

  • Byung-Cheon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–747, Korea
    • Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Sungkwang Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science, School of Arts and Science, Queen's University, Canada
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–747, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–747, Korea

Received 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 14 April 2008.

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PII: S2005-2901(09)60004-2

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60004-2

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , September 2008

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