Positive affect and psychobiological processes

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Dockray, Samantha ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology and wellbeing; Positive affect; Psychobiology of happiness

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; FIBRINOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; POSITIVE AFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINES; FIBRINOGEN; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955926980     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.01.006     Document Type: Review

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