Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 75-80 , June 2010

Characteristic Features of a Nerve Primo-vessel Suspended in Rabbit Brain Ventricle and Central Canal

  • Byung-Cheon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory for Korean Medicine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Pharmacopuncture Medical Research Center, Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Physics Laboratory for Korean Medicine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Korea
    • ,
  • Ki Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory for Korean Medicine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Received 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 March 2010.

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PII: S2005-2901(10)60015-5

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60015-5

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 75-80 , June 2010

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