Relaxation Response Induces Temporal Transcriptome Changes in Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Inflammatory Pathways

Manoj K. Bhasin; Jeffery A. Dusek; Bei-Hung Chang; Marie G. Joseph; John W. Denninger; Gregory L. Fricchione; Herbert Benson; Towia A. Libermann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062817

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Relaxation Response Induces Temporal Transcriptome Changes in Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Inflammatory Pathways

Manoj K. Bhasin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Manoj K. Bhasin, Jeffery A. Dusek, Bei-Hung Chang

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jeffery A. Dusek ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Manoj K. Bhasin, Jeffery A. Dusek, Bei-Hung Chang

Affiliation Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Bei-Hung Chang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Manoj K. Bhasin, Jeffery A. Dusek, Bei-Hung Chang

Affiliations VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marie G. Joseph,

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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John W. Denninger,

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gregory L. Fricchione,

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Herbert Benson ,

¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Towia A. Libermann

* E-mail: tliberma@bidmc.harvard.edu

¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, BIDMC Genomics and Proteomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Relaxation Response Induces Temporal Transcriptome Changes in Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Inflammatory Pathways

Manoj K. Bhasin,
Jeffery A. Dusek,
Bei-Hung Chang,
Marie G. Joseph,
John W. Denninger,
Gregory L. Fricchione,
Herbert Benson,
Towia A. Libermann

Published: May 1, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062817

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Posted by kimberk on 07 May 2013 at 17:50 GMT

I just wanted to point out that, in the introduction, Vipassana is refered to as a form of Yoga and it isn't: "different practices of yoga (e.g., Vipassana and Kundalini)" Vipassana is a Buddhist term referring to insight and is often used to mean insight meditation, a form of mindfulness meditation.

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