title: Acupuncture accelerates delayed gastrointestinal transit after abdominal surgery in conscious rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Balestrini
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Theodore N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: Toku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit / Q000502:physiology*; D045823:Ileus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011336:Probability; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016896:Treatment Outcome