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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