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Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate
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The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is part of a network implicated in the development of self-regulation and whose connectivity changes dramatically in development. In previous studies we showed that 3 h of mental training, based on traditional Chinese medicine (integrative body-mind training, IBMT), increases ACC activity and improves self-regulation. However, it is not known whether changes in white matter connectivity can result from small amounts of mental training. We here report that 11 h of IBMT increases fractional anisotropy (FA), an index indicating the integrity and efficiency of white matter in the corona radiata, an important white-matter tract connecting the ACC to other structures. Thus IBMT could provide a means for improving self-regulation and perhaps reducing or preventing various mental disorders.
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- Authors
- Tang, Y.-Y., Lu, Q., Geng, X., Stein, E. A., Yang, Y., & Posner, M. I.
- Affiliations
- University of Oregon (US)
- Dalian University of Technology (CN)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2010-08-16
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 35
- Pages
- 15649-15652
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC2932577
- OpenAlex
- W2011252332
- Cited by
- 514
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 64 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 35
- FWCI
- 36.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA030066)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Keywords
- meditation, anterior cingulate cortex, white matter, fractional anisotropy, self-regulation, corona radiata, brain connectivity, mental training, traditional Chinese medicine
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Time Factors, Meditation, Young Adult, Executive Function
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