Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Buffers Glucocorticoid Resistance Among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Psychosomatic Medicine March 3, 2021 Emily K. Lindsay, J. David Creswell, Harrison J. Stern et al. 18 citations
OBJECTIVE: Mindfulness interventions have been effective for improving a range of health outcomes; however, pathways underlying these effects remain unclear. Inflammatory processes may play a role, possibly through increased resistance of immune cells to the anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids (i.e., glucocorticoid resistance, or GCR). Here, we conducted an initial examination of...
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Randomized controlled trial
Glucocorticoid
Resistance ecology
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