Electrophysiologic evaluation of Sudarshan Kriya: An EEG, BAER, P300 study

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-163

  Bhatia, M ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Kochupillai, V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

EEG; Meditation; P300; Sudharshan kriya

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREATHING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUDARSHAN KRIYA;

ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037390617     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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