2005 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 27th Annual Conference 2005
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615681
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Studies of Chinese Original Quiet Sitting by Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract: Since different meditations may activate different regions in brain, we can use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate it. Chinese original quiet sitting is mainly one kind of traditional Chinese meditation. It contains two different parts: a short period of keeping phrase and intake spiritual energy, and a long period of relaxation with no further action. In this paper, both those two stages were studied by fMRI. We performed two different paradigms and found the accurate positions in the… Show more

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“…Therefore, it currently remains unclear whether the pineal results obtained reflect its function and disturbances in the circadian rhythms of MDD patients. Further, given the association between the pineal activation and physical/mental relaxation (43), potential role of its abnormality in affective disorders needs to be tested in future functional neuroimaging studies. Second, the sample size of the study participants was rather small, especially for each MDD subgroup [e.g., melancholic cMDD group (N = 10), first-episode cMDD group (N = 7)].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, it currently remains unclear whether the pineal results obtained reflect its function and disturbances in the circadian rhythms of MDD patients. Further, given the association between the pineal activation and physical/mental relaxation (43), potential role of its abnormality in affective disorders needs to be tested in future functional neuroimaging studies. Second, the sample size of the study participants was rather small, especially for each MDD subgroup [e.g., melancholic cMDD group (N = 10), first-episode cMDD group (N = 7)].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, it is important to mention that meditation practice significantly increases melatonin levels. Three reasons have been hypothesized for enhanced melatonin levels in meditators viz., reduced hepatic metabolism of melatonin or meditationinduced higher serotonin and noradrenaline levels, which are essential for melatonin synthesis 89 or meditation-induced heightened activity of the pineal gland itself 90 . In the present study, meditation was not preceded before sleep nor prior to blood collection in the morning.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%