@article{c99a63eb651d499f89908fe69030efa1,
title = "Humor-associated laughter affects appetite hormones",
author = "Lee Berk and Michelle Prowse and Bains, \{Gurinder S.\} and Jennifer Batt and Jerry Petrofsky and Noha Daher and Harmony Danner and Laura Ludeman and Michael Lahman and Stanley Tan and Dottie Berk",
note = "We have previously shown that repetitious {"}mirthful laughter{"} (Laughercise), like physical exercise (PE), decreases stress hormones (cortisol catecholamines), enhances immune activity (NK cell cytotoxicity, B-cells, activated T-cells, immunoglobulins, CD4/CD8 ratio), and lowers cholesterol systolic blood pressure (Berk, 2001, 2009). Additionally, PE can modulate the appetite hormones leptin (decrease) and ghrelin (increases) immediate post-PE (Jurimae, 2007).",
year = "2010",
month = apr,
day = "1",
language = "American English",
volume = "24",
journal = "The FASEB Journal",
}