Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1172, Issue , 2009, Pages 34-53

  Epel, Elissa ^a   Daubenmier, Jennifer ^b   Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie ^b   Folkman, Susan ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Meditation; Mindfulness; Rumination; Stress; Telomerase; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ACUTE STRESS; AROUSAL; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; ATTENTION; CELL AGING; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGERIA; SENESCENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 69549126291     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04414.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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