Choir singing and fibrinogen. VEGF, cholecystokinin and motilin in IBS patients

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-225

  Christina Grape, R N ^a,b   Theorell, Töres ^a   Wikström, Britt Maj ^c   Ekman, Rolf ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; FIBRINOGEN; MOTILIN; OXYTOCIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

CHOLECYSTOKININ; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MOTILIN; MUSIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 57749184115     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.019     Document Type: Letter

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