Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate

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

Volumn 107, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 15649-15652

  Tang, Yi Yuan ^a,b   Lu, Qilin ^a   Geng, Xiujuan ^c   Stein, Elliot A ^c   Yang, Yihong ^c   Posner, Michael I ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Anterior corona radiata; Integrative body mind training; Relaxation training; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

RADIATA;

EID: 77957261158     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011043107     Document Type: Article

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