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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2017

Yoga, Meditation and Mind-Body Health: Increased BDNF, Cortisol Awakening Response, and Altered Inflammatory Marker Expression after a 3-Month Yoga and Meditation Retreat.

B Rael Cahn, Matthew S Goodman, Christine T Peterson, Raj Maturi, Paul J Mills

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 110 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

B Rael CahnDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA, United States.
Matthew S GoodmanCalifornia School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International UniversitySan Diego, CA, United States.
Christine T PetersonCenter of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, CA, United States.
Raj MaturiMidwest Eye InstituteIndianapolis, IN, United States.
Paul J MillsCenter of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thirty-eight individuals (mean age: 34.8 years old) participating in a 3-month yoga and meditation retreat were assessed before and after the intervention for psychometric measures, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), circadian salivary cortisol levels, and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Participation in the retreat was found to be associated with decreases in self-reported anxiety and depression as well as increases in mindfulness. As hypothesized, increases in the plasma levels of BDNF and increases in the magnitude of the cortisol awakening response (CAR) were also observed. The normalized change in BDNF levels was inversely correlated with BSI-18 anxiety scores at both the pre-retreat (

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PMCPMC5483482

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