Effects on regional cerebral blood flow of transcendental meditation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Jevning, R ^a   Anand, R ^a   Biedebach, M ^a   Fernando, G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Honda Motor Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain; Electrical impedance; Relaxation; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; STRESS; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

EID: 0030006277     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02006-3     Document Type: Article

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