Large-Scale Functional Brain Network Reorganization during Taoist Meditation

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-24

  Jao, Tun ^a,b   Li, Chia Wei ^c   Vértes, Petra E ^a   Wu, Changwei Wesley ^d   Achard, Sophie ^e   Hsieh, Chao Hsien ^c   Liou, Chien Hui ^c   Chen, Jyh Horng ^c   Bullmore, Edward T ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^g CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain networks; consciousness; fMRI; functional connectivity; meditation; network hubs; resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SENSORY CORTEX; TAOIST; THALAMUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL CORTEX; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REST;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST;

EID: 85006181469     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2014.0318     Document Type: Article

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