The relaxation response: Reducing stress and improving cognition in healthy aging adults

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-191

  Galvin, Jennifer A ^a   Benson, Herbert ^a   Deckro, Gloria R ^a   Fricchione, Gregory L ^a   Dusek, Jeffery A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anxiety; Cortisol; Memory; Relaxation response training

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA; SECRETION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RELAXATION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745728293     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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