The effect of mirthful laughter on the human cardiovascular system

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 636-639

  Miller, Michael ^a   Fry, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ENDORPHIN; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; LIPID; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD CELL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL MIGRATION; DEPRESSION; DILATATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULITIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 70349733092     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.044     Document Type: Article

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