Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 564-570

  Davidson, Richard J ^a   Kabat Zinn, Jon ^b   Schumacher, Jessica ^a   Rosenkranz, Melissa ^a   Muller, Daniel ^c   Santorelli, Saki F ^b   Urbanowski, Ferris ^b   Harrington, Anne ^d   Bonus, Katherine ^e   Sheridan, John F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; EEG; Immune function; Influenza vaccine; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 12444277335     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000077505.67574.E3     Document Type: Article

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