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Citation Practice edit

A growing body of scientificl literature supports that a practice of mindfulness meditation alters neural, behavioral, and biochemical processes of the body.[1] One of the studies shows that rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression occured in expert meditators compared to the control group and this indicates that the regulation of HDACs and inflammatory pathways may be some of the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of mindfulness meditatoin. [2] Also, a different study supports that meditation leads to altered states of consciousness by showing that subjects with 12 weeks of meditation showed altered sense of time, space, and body accompanied by change in bodily processing measured by MEG. [3]


References edit

  1. ^ Kaliman, P.; Alvarez-López, M. J.; Cosín-Tomás, M.; Rosenkranz, M. A.; Lutz, A.; Davidson, R. J. (2014 Feb). "Rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression in expert meditators". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 40: 96–107. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.11.004. PMC 4039194. PMID 24485481. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Kaliman, P.; Alvarez-López, M. J.; Cosín-Tomás, M.; Rosenkranz, M. A.; Lutz, A.; Davidson, R. J. (2014 Feb). "Rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression in expert meditators". Psychoneuroendocrinology. 40: 96–107. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.11.004. PMC 4039194. PMID 24485481. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Berkovich-Ohana, A (2013). "Alterations in the sense of time, space, and body in the mindfulness-trained brain: a neurophenomenologically-guided MEG study". Frontiers in Psychology. 4: 912. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00912. PMC 3847819. PMID 24348455. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)