Endogenous reward mechanisms and their importance in stress reduction, exercise and the brain

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-455

  Esch, Tobias ^a,b   Stefano, George B ^b  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Dopamine; Health; Mind body medicine; Morphine; Motivation; Neurobiology; Nitric oxide; Pleasure; Running

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN;

AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; LEISURE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF CARE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 77954282023     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2010.14269     Document Type: Review

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