Optical monitoring of pain relief after electroacupuncture with different stimulation parameters in neuropathic rats
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Spatiotemporal changes of optical signals in the somatosensory cortex of neuropathic rats after electroacupuncture stimulation
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عنوان ژورنال: Integrative Medicine Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2213-4220
DOI: 10.1016/j.imr.2015.04.060