Open AccessCortisol and antidepressant effects of yoga
Author(s) -
Jagadisha Thirthalli,
G H Naveen,
M G Rao,
Shivarama Varambally,
Rita Christopher,
Bangalore N. Gangadhar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.116315
Subject(s) - antidepressant , hypercortisolemia , medicine , depression (economics) , context (archaeology) , morning , cortisol awakening response , hydrocortisone , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics , paleontology , biology
Hypercortisolemia is well-known in depression and yoga has been demonstrated earlier to reduce the parameters of stress, including cortisol levels.