Central and autonomic nervous system interaction is altered by short-term meditation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8865-8870

  Tang, Yi Yuan ^a,b   Ma, Yinghua ^a   Fan, Yaxin ^a   Feng, Hongbo ^a   Wang, Junhong ^a   Feng, Shigang ^a   Lu, Qilin ^a   Hu, Bing ^a   Lin, Yao ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Zhang, Ye ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Fan, Ming ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Cinstitute of Basic Medical Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Body mind interaction; IBMT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BREATHING RATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; RELAXATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049134134     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904031106     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. Tang YY, et al. (2007) Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:17152-17156. (Pubitemid 350211006)
2. Tang YY (2008) Exploring the Brain, Optimizing the Life (Science Press, Beijing).
3. Tang YY, Posner MI (2009) Attention training and attention state training. Trends Cogn Sci 13:222-227.
4. Gallagher S (2006) How the Body Shapes the Mind (Oxford Univ Press, New York).
5. Niedenthal PM (2007) Embodying emotion. Science 316:1002-1005. (Pubitemid 46799482)
6. Dijkstra K, Kaschak MP, Zwaan RA (2007) Body posture facilitates retrieval of autobiographical memories. Cognition 102:139-149. (Pubitemid 44855755)
7. Goldman A, de Vignemont F (2009) Is social cognition embodied? Trends Cogn Sci 13:154-159.
8. Bernstein DA, Borkovec TD (1973) Progressive Relaxation Training (Research Press, Champaign, IL).
9. Benson H (1975) The Relaxation Response (Avon, New York).
10. Allman JM, Hakeem A, Erwin JM, Nimchinsky E, Hof P (2001) The anterior cingulate cortex. The evolution of an interface between emotion and cognition. Ann N Y Acad Sci 935:107-117. (Pubitemid 32511395)
11. Bush G, Luu P, Posner MI (2000) Cognitive and emotional influences in anterior cingulate cortex. Trends Cogn Sci 4:215-222. (Pubitemid 30332147)
12. Posner MI, Rothbart MK (2007) Educating the Human Brain (APA Books, Washington, DC).
13. Posner MI, Rothbart, Rueda MR, Tang YY (2009) Training effortless attention. Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action, ed Bruya B (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA).
14. Hampton AN, O'doherty JP (2007) Decoding the neural substrates of reward-related decision making with functional MRI. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:1377-1382.
15. Eisenberger NI, Lieberman MD, Williams KD (2003) Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion. Science 302:290-292. (Pubitemid 37248760)
16. Crottaz-Herbette S, Menon V (2006) Where and when the anterior cingulate cortex modulates attentional response: Combined fMRI and ERP evidence. J Cogn Neurosci 18:766-780. (Pubitemid 43752579)
17. Etkin A, Egner T, Peraza DM, Kandel ER, Hirsch J (2006) Resolving emotional conflict: A role for the rostral anterior cingulate cortex in modulating activity in the amygdala. Neuron 51:871-882. (Pubitemid 44376825)
18. Posner MI, Rothbart MK, Sheese BE, Tang Y (2007) The anterior cingulate gyrus and the mechanism of self-regulation. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 7:391-395.
19. Wallace RK (1970) Physiological effects of transcendental meditation. Science 167:1751-1754.
20. Cahn BR, Polish J (2006) Psychological bulletin meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies. Psychol Bull 132:180-211.
21. Jerath R, Edry JW, Barnes VA, Jerath V (2006) Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system. Med Hypotheses 67:566-571. (Pubitemid 43928314)
22. Jevning R, Wallace RK, Beidebach M (1992) The physiology of meditation: A review. A wakeful hypometabolic integrated response. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 16:415-424.
23. Travis F (2001) Autonomic and EEG patterns distinguish transcending from other experiences during transcendental meditation practice. Int J Psychophysiol 42:1-9. (Pubitemid 32645620)
24. Aftanas LI, Golocheikine SA (2001) Human anterior and frontal midline theta and lower alpha reflect emotionally positive state and internalized attention: High-resolution EEG investigation of meditation. Neurosci Lett 310:57-60. (Pubitemid 32778484)
25. Kubota Y, et al. (2001) Frontal midline theta rhythm is correlated with cardiac autonomic activities during the performance of an attention demanding meditation procedure. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 11:281-287. (Pubitemid 32245555)
26. Takahashi T, et al. (2005) Changes in EEG and autonomic nervous activity during meditation and their association with personality traits. Int J Psychophysiol 55:199-207. (Pubitemid 40093101)
27. Critchley HD, et al. (2003) Human cingulate cortex and autonomic control: Converging neuroimaging and clinical evidence. Brain 126(Pt 10):2139-2152. (Pubitemid 37432360)
28. Critchley HD (2005) Neural mechanisms of autonomic, affective, and cognitive integration. J Comp Neurol 493:154-166. (Pubitemid 41636198)
29. Matthews SC, Paulus MP, Simmons AN, Nelesen RA, Dimsdale JE (2004) Functional subdivisions within anterior cingulate cortex and their relationship to autonomic nervous system function. Neuroimage 22:1151-1156. (Pubitemid 38829204)
30. Wong SW, Massé N, Kimmerly DS, Menon RS, Shoemaker JK (2007) Ventral medial prefrontal cortex and cardiovagal control in conscious humans. Neuroimage 35:698-708. (Pubitemid 46400554)
31. Lutz A, Greischar LL, Rawlings NB, Ricard M, Davidson RJ (2004) Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:16369-16373. (Pubitemid 39552851)
32. Newberg A, et al. (2001) The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation: A preliminary SPECT study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging Sect 106:113-122. (Pubitemid 32299971)
33. Newberg AB, Iversen J (2003) The neural basis of the complex mental task of meditation: Neurotransmitter and neurochemical considerations. Med Hypotheses 61:282-291. (Pubitemid 36976198)
34. Critchley HD, Melmed RN, Featherstone E, Mathias CJ, Dolan RJ (2001) Brain activity during biofeedback relaxation: A functional neuroimaging investigation. Brain 124(Pt 5):1003-1112. (Pubitemid 32458512)
35. Naccache L, et al. (2005) Effortless control: Executive attention and conscious feeling of mental effort are dissociable. Neuropsychologia 43:1318-1328. (Pubitemid 40798362)
36. Montano N, Porta A, Malliani A (2001) Evidence for central organization of cardiovascular rhythms. Ann N Y Acad Sci 940:299-306. (Pubitemid 32623402)
37. Pumprla J, Howorka K, Groves D, Chester M, Nolan J (2002) Functional assessment of heart rate variability: physiological basis and practical applications. Int J Cardiol 84:1-14. (Pubitemid 34718082)
38. Delmonte MM (1985) Effects of expectancy on physiological responsivity in novice meditators. Biol Psychol 21(2):107-121. (Pubitemid 16210872)
39. Young JD, Taylor E (1998) Meditation as a voluntary hypometabolic state of biological estivation. News Physiol Sci 13:149-153. (Pubitemid 128090432)
40. Beckmann M, Johansen-Berg H, Rushworth MF (2009) Connectivity-based parcellation of human cingulate cortex and its relation to functional specialization. J Neurosci 29:1175-1190.
41. Brefczynski-Lewis JA, Lutz A, Schaefer HS, Levinson DB, Davidson RJ (2007) Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:11483-11488. (Pubitemid 47175166)
42. Calkins SD, Bell MA, eds (2009) Child Development at the Intersection of Emotion and Cognition (APA Books, Washington, DC).
43. Lutz A, Brefczynski-Lewis J, Johnstone T, Davidson RJ (2008) Regulation of the neural circuitry of emotion by compassion meditation: Effects of meditative expertise. PLoS ONE 3:e1897. (Pubitemid 351943725)
44. Mohanty A, et al. (2007) Differential engagement of anterior cingulate cortex subdivisions for cognitive and emotional function. Psychophysiology 44:343-351. (Pubitemid 46587646)
45. Ochsner KN, Gross JJ (2005) The cognitive control of emotion. Trends Cogn Sci 9:242-249. (Pubitemid 40615112)
46. Siegel DJ (2007) The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (Norton, New York).
47. Wager TD, Davidson ML, Hughes BL, Lindquist MA, Ochsner KN (2008) Prefrontal-subcortical pathways mediating successful emotion regulation. Neuron 59:1037-1050.
48. Critchley HD (2004) The human cortex responds to an interoceptive challenge. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:6333-6334. (Pubitemid 38585973)
49. Barbas H, Saha S, Rempel-Clower N, Ghashghaei T (2003) Serial pathways from primate prefrontal cortex to autonomic areas may influence emotional expression. BMC Neurosci 4:25. (Pubitemid 38729155)
50. Johansen-Berg H, et al. (2008) Anatomical connectivity of the subgenual cingulate region targeted with deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. Cereb Cortex 18:1374-1383. (Pubitemid 351769789)
51. Raichle ME, et al. (2001) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98:676-682.
52. Fox MD, et al. (2005) The human brain is intrinsically organized into dynamic, anticorrelated functional networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102:9673-9678. (Pubitemid 40981739)
53. Teves D, Videen TO, Cryer PE, Powers WJ (2004) Activation of human medial prefrontal cortex during autonomic responses to hypoglycemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:6217-6221. (Pubitemid 38520554)
54. Dosenbach NU, Fair DA, Cohen AL, Schlaggar BL, Petersen SE (2008) A dual-networks architecture of top-down control. Trends Cogn Sci 12:99-105.
55. Corbetta M, Shulman GL (2002) Control of goal-directed and stimulus-driven attention in the brain. Nat Rev Neurosci 3:201-215. (Pubitemid 135706590)
56. Dosenbach NU, et al. (2007) Distinct brain networks for adaptive and stable task control in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:11073-11078. (Pubitemid 47175228)
57. Fox MD, Raichle ME (2007) Spontaneous fluctuations in brain activity observed with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Nat Rev Neurosci 8:700-711. (Pubitemid 47283145)
58. Lazar SW, et al. (2005) Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness. NeuroReport 16:1893-1897. (Pubitemid 41653509)
59. Volle E, et al. (2008) The functional architecture of the left posterior and lateral prefrontal cortex in humans. Cereb Cortex 18:2460-2469.
60. Anderson JR, Fincham JM, Qin Y, Stocco A (2008) A central circuit of the mind. Trends Cogn Sci 12:136-143.
61. Pagnoni G, Cekic M (2007) Age effects on gray matter volume and attentional performance in Zen meditation. Neurobiol Aging 28:1623-1627. (Pubitemid 47238540)
62. Kjaer TW, et al. (2002) Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 13:255-259. (Pubitemid 34212051)
63. Mason MF, et al. (2007) Wandering minds: The default network and stimulus-independent thought. Science 315:393-395. (Pubitemid 46175523)
64. Smallwood J, Schooler JW (2006) The restless mind. Psychol Bull 132:946-958. (Pubitemid 44665373)
65. Farb NA, et al. (2007) Attending to the present: Meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2:313-322. (Pubitemid 350186993)
66. Pagnoni G, Cekic M, Guo Y (2008) "Thinking about not-thinking": Neural correlates of conceptual processing during Zen meditation. PLoS ONE 3:e3083.
67. Hagmann P, et al. (2008) Mapping the structural core of human cerebral cortex. PLoS Biol 6:e159.
68. Gusnard DA, Raichle ME, Raichle ME (2001) Searching for a baseline: Functional imaging and the resting human brain. Nat Rev Neurosci 2:685-694. (Pubitemid 33674814)
69. Lou HC, et al. (2004) Parietal cortex and representation of the mental self. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:6827-6832. (Pubitemid 38586059)
70. Cavanna AE, Trimble MR (2006) The precuneus: A review of its functional anatomy and behavioural correlates. Brain 129(Pt 3):564-583. (Pubitemid 43278220)
71. Skinner JE (1991) Brain control of cardiovascular dynamics. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol Suppl 42:270-283.
72. Oppenheimer SM, Gelb A, Girvin JP, Hachinski VC (1992) Cardiovascular effects of human insular cortex stimulation. Neurology 42:1727-1732.
73. Oppenheimer SM, Kedem G, Martin WM (1996) Left-insular cortex lesions perturb cardiac autonomic tone in humans. Clin Auton Res 6:131-140. (Pubitemid 26258125)
74. Allman JM, Watson KK, Tetreault NA, Hakeem AY (2005) Intuition and autism: A possible role for Von Economo neurons. Trends Cogn Sci 9:367-373. (Pubitemid 41074903)
75. Nimchinsky EA, et al. (1999) A neuronal morphologic type unique to humans and great apes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:5268-5273. (Pubitemid 29214572)
76. Critchley HD, Wiens S, Rotshtein P, Ohman A, Dolan RJ (2004) Neural systems supporting interoceptive awareness. Nat Neurosci 7:189-195. (Pubitemid 38129796)
77. Craig AD (2003) Interoception: The sense of the physiological condition of the body. Curr Opin Neurobiol 13:500-505. (Pubitemid 37088242)
78. Bud Craig AD (2009) How do you feel-now? The anterior insula and human awareness. Nat Rev Neurosci 10:59-70.
79. Hölzel BK, et al. (2008) Investigation of mindfulness meditation practitioners with voxel-based morphometry. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 3:55-61. (Pubitemid 351790960)
80. Lutz A, Slagter HA, Dunne JD, Davidson RJ (2008) Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends Cogn Sci 12:163-169.
81. Travis F, Wallace RK (1999) Autonomic and EEG patterns during eyes-closed rest and transcendental meditation (TM) practice: The basis for a neural model of TM practice. Conscious Cogn 8:302-318.
82. Murata T, et al. (2004) Individual trait anxiety levels characterizing the properties of Zen meditation. Neuropsychobiology 50:189-194. (Pubitemid 39077841)
83. Talbot PS, Cooper SJ (2006) Anterior cingulate and subgenual prefrontal blood flow changes following tryptophan depletion in healthy males. Neuropsychopharmacology 31:1757-1767. (Pubitemid 44106707)