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Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study

Yuka Kotozaki1, Hikaru Takeuchi2, Atsushi Sekiguchi3

  • 1Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Sendai, Japan.

Brain and Behavior
|August 28, 2014
PubMed
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Biofeedback training (BFT) improved stress markers and increased gray matter volume in brain regions vulnerable to stress. This study explored the anatomical effects of BFT on stress response.

Keywords:
Biofeedback trainingdaily hassleshippocampusorbitofrontal cortexsubgenual anterior cingulate cortex

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