EEG, hypometabolism, and ketosis during transcendental meditation indicate it does not increase epilepsy risk [13]

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 202-203

  Barnes, Vernon A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BREATHING; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOSIS; MEDITATION; METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18944379860     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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