Relaxation and immunity enhancement effects of γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) administration in humans

BioFactors

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-208

  Abdou, Adham M ^a   Higashiguchi, S ^a   Horie, K ^a   Kim, Mujo ^a   Hatta, H ^b   Yokogoshi, H ^c  

^a Pharma Foods International Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain waves; IgA; Immunity; Relaxation; Stress; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

EID: 33748484716     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520260305     Document Type: Article

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