The effects of long meditation on plasma melatonin and blood serotonin

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Solberg, Erik E ^a,e   Holen, Are ^b   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a   Østerud, Bjarne ^c   Halvorsen, Ragnhild ^d   Sandvik, Leiv ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Voksentoppen Ctr for Asthma Allerg   (Norway)

^e LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Meditation; Melatonin; Neurotransmitters; Relaxation techniques; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELAXATION TRAINING; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1542406529     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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