rosa damascena (rosaceae) has been found to act on central nervous system including the brain. several studies confirm that rosa damascena inhibits the reactivity of the hypothalamus and pituitary systems in rat and can suppress the reactivity of central nervous system. in traditional medicine the hypnotic effect of rose is also suggested. in the present study hypnotic effect of ethanolic, aque...

rosa damascena has been found to act on central nervous system including the brain. several studies confirm that r. damascena inhibits the activity of the hypothalamus and pituitary systems in rat and can suppress the central nervous system. in traditional medicine hypnotic effect of rose is also suggested. in this study, the hypnotic effect of the ethanol crude extract of r. damascena and its ...

Hypnotic suggestibility has been described as a powerful predictor of outcomes associated with hypnotic interventions. However, there have been no systematic approaches to quantifying this effect across the literature. This meta-analysis evaluates the magnitude of the effect of hypnotic suggestibility on hypnotic outcomes in clinical settings. PsycINFO and PubMed were searched from their incept...

background: insomnia, which is difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep, is a very common experience for many people. considering the increasing interest in medicinal plants in the past decade, many plants such as coriandrum sativum, salvia leriifolia, salvia reuterana and stachys lavanduli folia have been used in iranian traditional medicine to abate insomnia. objective: the present stud...

Participants' expectancies and hypnotic performance throughout the course of a standardized, individually administered hypnotic protocol were analyzed with a structural equation model that integrated underlying ability, expectancy, and hypnotic response. The model examined expectancies and ability as simultaneous predictors of hypnotic responses as well as hypnotic responses as an influence on ...

The present study investigated how the magnitude the word blindness suggestion effect on Stroop interference depended on hypnotic suggestibility when given as an imaginative suggestion (i.e. not post-hypnotic suggestion) and under conditions in which hypnosis was not mentioned. Hypnotic suggestibility is shown to be a significant predictor of the magnitude of the imaginative word blindness sugg...

Disparate theoretical viewpoints construe hypnotic suggestibility either as a stable trait, largely determined by underlying cognitive aptitude, or as a flexible skill amenable to attitudinal factors including beliefs and expectations. Circumscribed findings support both views. The present study attempted to consolidate these orthogonal perspectives through the lens of expectancy modification. ...

Hypnotic analgesia in some respects resembles opiate analgesia. We tested the hypothesis that some features of hypnotic analgesia are mediated through neuronal pathways activating specific opiate receptors in brain. The opiate antagonist naloxone had no effect on hypnotic analgesia in three subjects. Thus, the hypothesis was not confirmed.

AIM To assess the effect of semicarbazide hydrochloride (SCZ), the blocker of synthetic enzyme for GABA, on the hypnotic activity of melatonin. METHODS Righting reflex method in mice and electroencephalography (EEG) in rats were used to determine effects of SCZ on sleep and hypnotic activity of melatonin. RESULTS Melatonin displayed a marked hypnotic activity both in righting reflex experim...

Recent meta-analyses have shown that adding hypnosis enhances the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy. This hypnotic enhancement effect was evaluated in the analogue treatment of pain. Individuals scoring in the high (n = 135) and low (n = 150) ranges of hypnotic suggestibility were randomly assigned to 1 of 6 conditions: Stress Inoculation Training, the same treatment provided ...