Effect of compassion meditation on neuroendocrine, innate immune and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-98

  Pace, Thaddeus W W ^a   Negi, Lobsang Tenzin ^b   Adame, Daniel D ^b   Cole, Steven P ^c   Sivilli, Teresa I ^b   Brown, Timothy D ^d   Issa, Michael J ^b   Raison, Charles L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Design Associates Inc   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Cortisol; Interleukin 6; Meditation; Mindfulness; Trier social stress test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MEDITATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649159197     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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