Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1893-1897

  Lazar, Sara W ^a,i   Kerr, Catherine E ^b   Wasserman, Rachel H ^a   Gray, Jeremy R ^c   Greve, Douglas N ^a   Treadway, Michael T ^a   McGarvey, Metta ^d   Quinn, Brian T ^a   Dusek, Jeffery A ^b,e   Benson, Herbert ^b,e   Rauch, Scott L ^a   Moore, Christopher I ^f,g   Fischl, Bruce ^a,h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^e Mind/Body Medical Institute   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insula; Meditation; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MEDITATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 27844455524     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000186598.66243.19     Document Type: Article

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