Inward-attention meditation increases parasympathetic activity: A study based on heart rate variability

Biomedical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 245-250

  Wu, Shr Da ^a   Lo, Pei Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREATHING PATTERN; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE; BREATHING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATION;

EID: 58149355796     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.29.245     Document Type: Article

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