Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 111-115 , June 2010

Primo-vessels and Primo-nodes in Rat Brain, Spine and Sciatic Nerve

  • Byung-Cheon Lee

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory for Korean Medicine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 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-Hoon Eom

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 8 February 2010 ,Accepted 6 April 2010.

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PII: S2005-2901(10)60020-9

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60020-9

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 111-115 , June 2010