QI-training (Qigong) enhanced immune functions: What is the underlying mechanism?

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1099-1104

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,d   Kim, Mo Kyung ^b   Ryu, Hoon ^c  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GH antibody; Growth hormone; Qigong; Tyrosin kinase

Indexed keywords

FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; GENISTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE ANTIBODY; OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUTROPHIL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENISTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEARNING; MALE; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22244460199     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590914347     Document Type: Article

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