Recreational music-making modulates natural killer cell activity, cytokines, and mood states in corporate employees

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Wachi, Masatada ^a   Koyama, Masahiro ^a,b   Utsuyama, Masanori ^a   Bittman, Barry B ^c   Kitagawa, Masanobu ^a   Hirokawa, Katsuiku ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAHA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Mind Body Wellness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

IFN ; IL 10; mRNA; Music; Music therapy; NK cell; Stress

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; JOB STRESS; LEISURE; MALE; MOOD; MUSIC; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RECREATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; JAPAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MUSIC; RECREATION;

EID: 33846913994     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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