Rapid Gene Expression Changes in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes upon Practice of a Comprehensive Yoga Program

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Qu, Su ^a   Olafsrud, Solveig Mjelstad ^a,b   Meza Zepeda, Leonardo A ^a,b   Saatcioglu, Fahri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MEDITATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSIC THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING; WELLBEING; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876219342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061910     Document Type: Article

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