Functional magnetic resonance imaging of hippocampal activation during silent mantra meditation

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1253-1258

  Engström, Maria ^a   Pihlsgård, Johan ^a   Lundberg, Peter ^a,b   Söderfeldt, Birgitta ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KUNDALINI; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT MANTRA MEDITATION; YOGA;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650083761     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0706     Document Type: Article

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