Case study of ecstatic meditation: FMRI and EEG evidence of self-stimulating a reward system

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hagerty, Michael R ^a   Isaacs, Julian ^b   Brasington, Leigh ^c   Shupe, Larry ^d   Fetz, Eberhard E ^d   Cramer, Steven C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Wellspring Institute   (United States)

^c Barre Center for Buddhist Studies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; ECSTATIC MEDITATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDITATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REWARD; AWARENESS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AWARENESS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD;

EID: 84878263661     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/653572     Document Type: Article

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