A pilot study of positive expectations and focused attention via a new protocol for optimizing therapeutic hypnosis and psychotherapy assessed with DNA microarrays: The creative psychosocial genomic healing experience

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Rossi, Ernest ^a,d   Iannotti, Salvatore ^a   Cozzolino, Mauro ^b   Castiglione, Stefano ^b   Cicatelli, Angela ^c   Rossi, Kathryn ^a  

^a New Neuroscience School of Therapeutic Hypnosis   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative experience; DNA microarray; Gene expression; Therapeutic hypnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549093435     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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