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Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Taren, A. A.,Gianaros, P. J.,Greco, C. M.,Lindsay, E. K.,Fairgrieve, A.,Brown, K. W.,Rosen, R. K.,Ferris, J. L.,Julson, E.,Marsland, A. L.
- 학회/출판사/기관명OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- 출판년도2015
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
- 발행사항Vol.10No.12[2015]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1749-5016
- 소개/요약Recent studies indicate that mindfulness meditation training interventions reduce stress and improve stress-related health outcomes, but the neural pathways for these effects are unknown. The present research evaluates whether mindfulness meditation training alters resting state functional connectivity of the amygdala, a region known to coordinate stress processing and physiological stress responses. We show in an initial discovery study that higher perceived stress over the past month is associated with greater bilateral amygdala-subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) in a sample of community adults (N=130). A follow-up, single-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) shows that a 3-day intensive mindfulness meditation training intervention (relative to a well-matched 3-day relaxation training intervention without a mindfulness component) reduced right amygdala-sgACC rsFC in a sample of stressed unemployed community adults (N=35). Although stress may increase amygdala-subgenual anterior cingulate cortex rsFC, brief training in mindfulness meditation could reverse these effects. This work provides an initial indication that mindfulness meditation training promotes functional neuroplastic changes, suggesting an amygdala-sgACC pathway for stress reduction effects. © The Author (2015). Published by Oxford University Press. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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