Right uninostril yoga breathing influences ipsilateral components of middle latency auditory evoked potentials

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 274-280

  Raghuraj, P ^a   Telles, S ^a  

^a Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Breath awareness; Middle latency auditory evoked potentials; Right nostril yoga breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; RECORDING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCALP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER; WAVEFORM; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; YOGA;

EID: 11244336796     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-004-0354-9     Document Type: Article

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