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Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states
CONTEXT: Practicing mental repetition of “OM” has been shown to cause significant changes in the middle latency auditory-evoked potentials, which suggests that it facilitates the neural activity at the mesencephalic or diencephalic levels. AIMS: The aim of the study was to study the brainstem audito...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997230/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170228 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.72628 |
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author | Kumar, Sanjay Nagendra, HR Naveen, KV Manjunath, NK Telles, Shirley |
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description | CONTEXT: Practicing mental repetition of “OM” has been shown to cause significant changes in the middle latency auditory-evoked potentials, which suggests that it facilitates the neural activity at the mesencephalic or diencephalic levels. AIMS: The aim of the study was to study the brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEP) in two meditation states based on consciousness, viz. dharana, and dhyana. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty subjects were selected, with ages ranging from 20 to 55 years (M=29.1; ±SD=6.5 years) who had a minimum of 6 months experience in meditating “OM”. Each subject was assessed in four sessions, i.e. two meditation and two control sessions. The two control sessions were: (i) ekagrata, i.e. single-topic lecture on meditation and (ii) cancalata, i.e. non-targeted thinking. The two meditation sessions were: (i) dharana, i.e. focusing on the symbol “OM” and (ii) dhyana, i.e. effortless single-thought state “OM”. All four sessions were recorded on four different days and consisted of three states, i.e. pre, during and post. RESULTS: The present results showed that the wave V peak latency significantly increased in cancalata, ekagrata and dharana, but no change occurred during the dhyana session. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggested that information transmission along the auditory pathway is delayed during cancalata, ekagrata and dharana, but there is no change during dhyana. It may be said that auditory information transmission was delayed at the inferior collicular level as the wave V corresponds to the tectum. |
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spelling | pubmed-29972302010-12-17 Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states Kumar, Sanjay Nagendra, HR Naveen, KV Manjunath, NK Telles, Shirley Int J Yoga Original Article CONTEXT: Practicing mental repetition of “OM” has been shown to cause significant changes in the middle latency auditory-evoked potentials, which suggests that it facilitates the neural activity at the mesencephalic or diencephalic levels. AIMS: The aim of the study was to study the brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEP) in two meditation states based on consciousness, viz. dharana, and dhyana. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty subjects were selected, with ages ranging from 20 to 55 years (M=29.1; ±SD=6.5 years) who had a minimum of 6 months experience in meditating “OM”. Each subject was assessed in four sessions, i.e. two meditation and two control sessions. The two control sessions were: (i) ekagrata, i.e. single-topic lecture on meditation and (ii) cancalata, i.e. non-targeted thinking. The two meditation sessions were: (i) dharana, i.e. focusing on the symbol “OM” and (ii) dhyana, i.e. effortless single-thought state “OM”. All four sessions were recorded on four different days and consisted of three states, i.e. pre, during and post. RESULTS: The present results showed that the wave V peak latency significantly increased in cancalata, ekagrata and dharana, but no change occurred during the dhyana session. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggested that information transmission along the auditory pathway is delayed during cancalata, ekagrata and dharana, but there is no change during dhyana. It may be said that auditory information transmission was delayed at the inferior collicular level as the wave V corresponds to the tectum. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2997230/ /pubmed/21170228 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.72628 Text en © International Journal of Yoga http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kumar, Sanjay Nagendra, HR Naveen, KV Manjunath, NK Telles, Shirley Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
title | Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
title_full | Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
title_fullStr | Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
title_full_unstemmed | Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
title_short | Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
title_sort | brainstem auditory-evoked potentials in two meditative mental states |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997230/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170228 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.72628 |
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