Poetry writing and secretory immunoglobulin A.
17 healthy students provided saliva samples for Immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) assay before and after sessions of either writing poetry or reading magazines (control). Levels of s-IgA increased after the poetry-writing sessions but not after reading.
Lowe
Geoff
G
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Hull, UK. G.Lowe@hull.ac.uk
Beckett
Joanne
J
Lowe
Gillian
G
D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011932:Reading; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology; D014956:Writing
D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory