Meditation and its regulatory role on sleep

Meditation and its regulatory role on sleep

Intense meditation practices help to achieve a harmony between body and mind. Meditation practices influence brain functions, induce various intrinsic neural plasticity events, modulate autonomic, metabolic, endocrine and immune functions and thus mediate global regulatory changes in various behavio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ravindra P. Nagendra, Nirmala eMaruthai, Bindu M Kutty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Meditation
Sleep
neural plasticity
autonomic activity
brain functions
endocrine functions
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2012.00054/full
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Summary:Intense meditation practices help to achieve a harmony between body and mind. Meditation practices influence brain functions, induce various intrinsic neural plasticity events, modulate autonomic, metabolic, endocrine and immune functions and thus mediate global regulatory changes in various behavioural states including sleep. This brief review focuses on the effect of meditation as a self regulatory phenomenon on sleep.
ISSN:1664-2295

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