Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response

Jeffery A. Dusek; Hasan H. Otu; Ann L. Wohlhueter; Manoj Bhasin; Luiz F. Zerbini; Marie G. Joseph; Herbert Benson; Towia A. Libermann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002576

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Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response

Jeffery A. Dusek ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeffery A. Dusek, Hasan H. Otu

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 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, Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Hasan H. Otu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeffery A. Dusek, Hasan H. Otu

Affiliations 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 Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ann L. Wohlhueter,

Affiliation Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Manoj Bhasin,

Affiliations 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 Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Luiz F. Zerbini,

Affiliations 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 Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marie G. Joseph,

Affiliation BIDMC Genomics Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Herbert Benson ,

* E-mail: tliberma@bidmc.harvard.edu (TAL); hbenson@partners.org (HB)

Affiliations Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, 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, 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 (TAL); hbenson@partners.org (HB)

Affiliations 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 Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response

Jeffery A. Dusek,
Hasan H. Otu,
Ann L. Wohlhueter,
Manoj Bhasin,
Luiz F. Zerbini,
Marie G. Joseph,
Herbert Benson,
Towia A. Libermann

Published: July 2, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002576

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