Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation

Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiologic changes termed the relaxation response. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify and characterize the brain regions that are active during a simple form of meditation. Significant (p

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neuroreport 2000-05, Vol.11 (7), p.1581-1585
Hauptverfasser:	Lazar, Sara W, Bush, George, Gollub, Randy L, Fricchione, Gregory L, Khalsa, Gurucharan, Benson, Herbert
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activity levels. Psychomotricity Adult Amygdala - physiology Arousal - physiology Attention - physiology Basal Ganglia - physiology Biological and medical sciences Brain Mapping central gyrus Female Frontal Lobe - physiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hippocampus - physiology Humans Male Meditation Mesencephalon - physiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous parahippocampus Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Respiration Rest - physiology temporal lobe
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Zusammenfassung:	Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiologic changes termed the relaxation response. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify and characterize the brain regions that are active during a simple form of meditation. Significant (p
ISSN:	0959-4965 1473-558X
DOI:	10.1097/00001756-200005150-00042