Effects of long-term mindfulness meditation on brain's white matter microstructure and its aging.

Although research on the effects of mindfulness meditation (MM) is increasing, still very little has been done to address its influence on the white matter (WM) of the brain. We hypothesized that the practice of MM might affect the WM microstructure adjacent to five brain regions of interest associa...

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Main Authors: Davide eLaneri, Verena eSchuster, Bruno eDietsche, Andreas eJansen, Ulrich eOtt, Jens eSommer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
DTI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00254/full