Pranic meditation affects phagocyte functions and hormonal levels of recent practitioners

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 761-768

  Fernandes, César A ^a   Nóbrega, Yanna K M ^a,b   Tosta, C Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Clinical Analysis   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDITATION; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRANIC MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TRAINING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865241928     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0718     Document Type: Article

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