Functional genomics in the study of mind-body therapies

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 681-695

  Niles, Halsey ^a   Mehta, Darshan H ^a   Corrigan, Alexandra A ^a   Bhasin, Manoj K ^a,b   Denninger, John W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenomics; Gene expression; Mind body therapies; NF kappa B; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIGENETICS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MEDITATION; METABOLOMICS; MINDFULNESS; NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B PATHWAY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOMICS; QIGONG; RELAXATION TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAI CHI; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UBIQUITIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN CATABOLIC PATHWAY; YOGA;

EID: 84916931930     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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