Mindfulness Meditation Is Related to Long-Lasting Changes in Hippocampal Functional Topology during Resting State: A Magnetoencephalography Study
Joint Authors
Baselice, Fabio
Lardone, Anna
Liparoti, Marianna
Sorrentino, Pierpaolo
Rucco, Rosaria
Jacini, Francesca
Polverino, Arianna
Minino, Roberta
Pesoli, Matteo
Sorriso, Antonietta
Ferraioli, Giampaolo
Sorrentino, Giuseppe
Mandolesi, Laura
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
It has been suggested that the practice of meditation is associated to neuroplasticity phenomena, reducing age-related brain degeneration and improving cognitive functions.
Neuroimaging studies have shown that the brain connectivity changes in meditators.
In the present work, we aim to describe the possible long-term effects of meditation on the brain networks.
To this aim, we used magnetoencephalography to study functional resting-state brain networks in Vipassana meditators.
We observed topological modifications in the brain network in meditators compared to controls.
More specifically, in the theta band, the meditators showed statistically significant (p corrected = 0.009) higher degree (a centrality index that represents the number of connections incident upon a given node) in the right hippocampus as compared to controls.
Taking into account the role of the hippocampus in memory processes, and in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease, meditation might have a potential role in a panel of preventive strategies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lardone, Anna& Liparoti, Marianna& Sorrentino, Pierpaolo& Rucco, Rosaria& Jacini, Francesca& Polverino, Arianna…[et al.]. 2018. Mindfulness Meditation Is Related to Long-Lasting Changes in Hippocampal Functional Topology during Resting State: A Magnetoencephalography Study. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210146
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lardone, Anna…[et al.]. Mindfulness Meditation Is Related to Long-Lasting Changes in Hippocampal Functional Topology during Resting State: A Magnetoencephalography Study. Neural Plasticity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210146
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lardone, Anna& Liparoti, Marianna& Sorrentino, Pierpaolo& Rucco, Rosaria& Jacini, Francesca& Polverino, Arianna…[et al.]. Mindfulness Meditation Is Related to Long-Lasting Changes in Hippocampal Functional Topology during Resting State: A Magnetoencephalography Study. Neural Plasticity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210146
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1210146