Subjective Sleep Quality and hormonal modulation in long-term yoga practitioners

Biological Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-168

  Vera, Francisca M ^a   Manzaneque, Juan M ^a   Maldonado, Enrique F ^a   Carranque, Gabriel A ^b   Rodriguez, Francisco M ^a   Blanca, Maria J ^a   Morell, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; DHEA S; Subjective Sleep Quality; Yoga

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SLEEP; THERAPY EFFECT; YOGA;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOGA;

EID: 67349262610     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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