Jevning, Wilson, & Vanderlaan, 1978
Jevning, R.; Wilson, A. F.; and Vanderlaan, E. F. Plasma prolactin and growth hormone during meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine 40(4): 329–333, 1978.
Plasma prolactin was found to increase in both short- and long-term practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique either towards the end or shortly after the practice.
- Year
- 1978
- Journal
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 1514–1517
- Section
- Metabolic, Biochemical, and Cardiovascular Changes
Findings (1)
Biochemical
Small Increase in Plasma Prolactin following the Transcendental Meditation technique
Transcendental Meditation · State changes with control condition
Authors
- Eileen F. VanderLaan, AB
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Ron Jevning, PhD
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Archie F. Wilson, MD PhD
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA