title: The effects of brain wave vibration on oxidative stress response and psychological symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Brain Wave Vibration (BWV) training is a simple healing practice, a kind of Mind Body Training. This study was designed to investigate the psycho-endocrine differences between BMV practitioners and naïve controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  The experimental group included 54 individuals who had participated in BWV. The control group included 58 subjects who had not participated in formal BWV. Levels of plasma NO, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured, and the modified form of the Stress Response Inventory (SRI-MF), the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The BWV group demonstrated significantly higher plasma NO levels (p=0.003), and levels of ROS and SOD did not differ between the two groups. The BWV group showed lower scores in BDI (p=0.009), BAI (p=0.009) and stress level (p<0.001) and higher scores on positive affect (p=0.023) compared with the control group. NO levels were associated with increased positive affect (p = 0.024) only in BWV subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BWV may increase NO, a relaxation-related factor, possibly by improving emotional state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Do-Hyeong
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Yoon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Global Cyber University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ul Soon
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Jun
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Program of Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Chung
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: basuare@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Do-Hyung
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D058256:Brain Waves; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000097:blood*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood*; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase