Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice time

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-315

  Pace, Thaddeus W W ^a   Negi, Lobsang Tenzin ^b   Sivilli, Teresa I ^b   Issa, Michael J ^b   Cole, Steven P ^c   Adame, Daniel D ^b   Raison, Charles L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Design Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Cortisol; Interleukin 6; Meditation; Mindfulness; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949120430     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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