title: Effect of SOHAM meditation on human brain: a voxel-based morphometry study.
abstract: The anatomical correlates of long-term meditators involved in practice of "SOHAM" meditation have been studied using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). The VBM analysis indicates significantly higher gray matter density in brain stem, ventral pallidum, and supplementary motor area in the meditators as compared with age-matched nonmeditators. The observed changes in brain structure are compared with other forms of meditation.
authors.affiliation: From the Centre of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Campus, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Uttam
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guleria
authors.forename: Sadguru Sri Kunal
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kishan
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Khetrapal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D066128:Gray Matter / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation; D009929:Organ Size; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Meditation; brain stem; ventral pallidum; voxel-based morphometry