Reiki improves heart rate homeostasis in laboratory rats

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-422

  Baldwin, Ann Linda ^a,b   Wagers, Christina ^b   Schwartz, Gary E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REIKI;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NOISE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESEARCH DESIGN; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 43749096110     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0753     Document Type: Article

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