Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-579

  Streeter, C C ^a   Gerbarg, P L ^b   Saper, R B ^a   Ciraulo, D A ^a   Brown, R P ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRESS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOGA;

ALLOSTASIS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VAGUS NERVE; WALKING; YOGA;

EID: 84862790535     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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