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Descriptor English: Acupuncture Analgesia
Descriptor Spanish: Analgesia por Acupuntura
Descriptor analgesia por acupuntura
Entry term(s) acupuntura analgésica
Scope note: Analgesia producida por la inserción de agujas de ACUPUNTURA en ciertos PUNTOS DE ACUPUNTURA del cuerpo. Se activa así en el músculo las pequeñas fibras nerviosas mielínicas, que transmiten impulsos a la médula espinal para activar tres centros - la médula espinal, el mesencéfalo y la hipófisis/hipotálamo - para producir la analgesia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Analgesia por Acupuntura
Descriptor French: Analgésie par acupuncture
Entry term(s): Acupuncture Anesthesia
Analgesia, Acupuncture
Anesthesia, Acupuncture
Tree number(s): E02.190.044.105
E03.091.048
MT1.388.585.520.014.105
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015667
Scope note: Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Acupuncture (1972-1989)
Analgesia (1972-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 1990; for ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA see ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA 1990-2001; see ACUPUNCTURE 1990
History Note: 1990; for ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA use ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA 1991-2001; use ACUPUNCTURE 1990
DeCS ID: 24504
Unique ID: D015667
NLM Classification: WB 369.5.A18
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Acupuncture Analgesia - Preferred
Concept UI M0024021
Scope note Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia.
Preferred term Acupuncture Analgesia
Entry term(s) Analgesia, Acupuncture
Acupuncture Anesthesia - Narrower
Concept UI M0024022
Scope note Use of ACUPUNCTURE to block the afferent nerve impulses from reaching the brain to reduce the sensation of pain for surgery.
Preferred term Acupuncture Anesthesia
Entry term(s) Anesthesia, Acupuncture



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