Humor and Laughter May Influence Health IV. Humor and Immune Function

This is the final article in a four part series reviewing the influence of humor and laughter on physiological and psychological well-being. This final article reviews the evidence for the effect of sense of humor, exposure to a humor stimulus and laughter on various immune system components, with a...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Mary Payne, Lengacher, Cecile
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem149
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spelling pubmed-26866272009-05-26 Humor and Laughter May Influence Health IV. Humor and Immune Function Bennett, Mary Payne Lengacher, Cecile Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Reviews This is the final article in a four part series reviewing the influence of humor and laughter on physiological and psychological well-being. This final article reviews the evidence for the effect of sense of humor, exposure to a humor stimulus and laughter on various immune system components, with a focus on the effects of laughter on natural killer cell cytotoxicity. Oxford University Press 2009-06 2007-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2686627/ /pubmed/18955287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem149 Text en © 2007 The Author(s). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Humor and Laughter May Influence Health IV. Humor and Immune Function
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title_fullStr Humor and Laughter May Influence Health IV. Humor and Immune Function
title_full_unstemmed Humor and Laughter May Influence Health IV. Humor and Immune Function
title_short Humor and Laughter May Influence Health IV. Humor and Immune Function
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem149
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