Catecholamine levels in practitioners of the transcendental meditation technique

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 141-146

  Infante, Jose Rafael ^a   Torres Avisbal, Miguel ^a   Pinel, Pilar ^b   Vallejo, Juan Antonio ^a   Peran, Fernando ^b   Gonzalez, Francisco ^a   Contreras, Pablo ^a   Pacheco, Carmen ^a   Roldan, Ana ^b   Latre, Jose María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Hormonal rhythm; Relaxation; Stress; Transcendental meditation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

EID: 0035123911     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00386-3     Document Type: Article

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