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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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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spelling doaj-71fa1febaf3a44029b4a35d9393c4dde2020-11-25T00:22:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952012-04-01310.3389/fneur.2012.0005425995Meditation and its regulatory role on sleepRavindra P. Nagendra0Nirmala eMaruthai1Bindu M Kutty2National Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesNational Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesNational Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesIntense 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.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2012.00054/fullMeditationSleepneural plasticityautonomic activitybrain functionsendocrine functions
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Bindu M Kutty
Meditation and its regulatory role on sleep
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Meditation
Sleep
neural plasticity
autonomic activity
brain functions
endocrine functions
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Nirmala eMaruthai
Bindu M Kutty
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title Meditation and its regulatory role on sleep
title_short Meditation and its regulatory role on sleep
title_full Meditation and its regulatory role on sleep
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series Frontiers in Neurology
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publishDate 2012-04-01
description 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.
topic Meditation
Sleep
neural plasticity
autonomic activity
brain functions
endocrine functions
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2012.00054/full
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