Mindfulness meditation and the immune system: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

DS Black, GM Slavich - Annals of the new York Academy of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Mindfulness meditation represents a mental training framework for cultivating the state of
mindful awareness in daily life. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in how …

Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation

RJ Davidson, J Kabat-Zinn, J Schumacher… - Psychosomatic …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The underlying changes in biological processes that are associated with reported
changes in mental and physical health in response to meditation have not been …

The effect of mindfulness-based interventions on immunity-related biomarkers: a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

TJ Dunn, M Dimolareva - Clinical psychology review, 2022 - Elsevier
One proposed pathway that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may offer a salutogenic
effect on somatic disorders is by enhancing immune function. As such, we conducted a meta …

[HTML][HTML] Mindfulness training and systemic low-grade inflammation in stressed community adults: Evidence from two randomized controlled trials

DK Villalba, EK Lindsay, AL Marsland, CM Greco… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Mindfulness interventions have garnered significant attention as a complementary health
treatment for many physical and psychological conditions. While some research has shown …

Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation: Three caveats: Response

RJ Davidson, J Kabat-Zinn - Psychosomatic Medicine, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Davidson and colleagues' recent paper in Psychosomatic Medicine (1) used the extensive
work on the functional neuroanatomical substrates of emotion to illuminate possible …

Large-scale genomic study reveals robust activation of the immune system following advanced Inner Engineering meditation retreat

V Chandran, ML Bermúdez, M Koka… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The positive impact of meditation on human well-being is well documented, yet its molecular
mechanisms are incompletely understood. We applied a comprehensive systems biology …

[HTML][HTML] Mindfulness improves inflammatory biomarker levels in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial

TKS Ng, J Fam, L Feng, IKM Cheah, CTY Tan… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Few randomized controlled trials investigated the effects of mindfulness intervention on
older adults diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Furthermore, there have been …

How does mindfulness training affect health? A mindfulness stress buffering account

JD Creswell, EK Lindsay - Current directions in …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Initial well-controlled studies have suggested that mindfulness training interventions can
improve a broad range of mental and physical health outcomes (eg, HIV pathogenesis …

Enhanced psychosocial well-being following participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program is associated with increased natural killer cell activity

CY Fang, DK Reibel, ML Longacre… - The Journal of …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Background: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs have consistently been
shown to enhance the psychosocial well-being of participants. Given the well-established …

Brief mindfulness training reduces salivary IL-6 and TNF-α in young women with depressive symptomatology.

E Walsh, T Eisenlohr-Moul, R Baer - Journal of consulting and …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Pro-inflammatory cytokines have been implicated in the pathophysiology and
maintenance of depression. This study investigated the effects of a brief mindfulness …