Research That Might Just Excite You
Effects of Meditation
Alexandra D., Stanton, Annette L.. Crespi, Catherine M., Winston, Diana Arevalo, Jesusa, Ma, Jeffrey, Cole, Steve W., Ganz, Patricia A. Mindfulness meditation for younger breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial23 December 2014 https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.29194Citations: 119
Ann N Y Acad Sci, Exploring age-related brain degeneration in meditation practitioners, 2014 Jan;1307:82-88. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12217. Epub 2013 Aug 7.
Basso, J. C., Mchale, A., Ende, V., Oberlin, D. J., & Suzuki, W. A. (2019). Brief, daily
meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators. Behavioural Brain Research, 356, 208-220. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.08.023
Biegler, Kelly, Chaoul, M. Alejandro, and Cohen, Lorenzo, Cancer, Cognitive Impairment, and Meditation Acta Oncol 2009;48(1):18-26. doi: 10.1080/02841860802415535.
Bower, Julienne E., Crosswell HeeKim, Yeon, JungKim, Hwa, DoAhn, Seung, JeongSeo, Yun, HeeKim So, Effects of Meditation on Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, and Quality of Life of Women Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Complementary Therapies in Medicine Volume 21, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 379-387
Grecucci, A., Pappaianni, E., Siugzdaite, R., Theuninck, A., & Job, R. (2015). Mindful Emotion
Regulation: Exploring the Neurocognitive Mechanisms behind Mindfulness. BioMed Research International, 2015, 1-9. doi:10.1155/2015/670724
Greensberg, M., Ph.D. (2015). How Mindfulness Improves Your Brain and Relationships. Psychology Today
Kilpatrick, L. A., Suyenobu, B. Y., Smith, S. R., Bueller, J. A., Goodman, T., Creswell, J. D.,
Naliboff, B. D. (2011). Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on intrinsic brain connectivity. NeuroImage, 56(1), 290-298. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.034
LaBier, D., Ph.D. (2015). How Meditation Changes the Structure of Your Brain. Psychology Today
Lee, M. (2009). Calming Your Nerves and Your Heart Through Meditation. Harvard University: The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Mohagheghzadeh A1, Faridi P, Shams-Ardakani M, Ghasemi Y (2006). Medicinal Smokes. J Ethnopharmacol.Nov 24;108(2):161-84. Epub 2006 Sep 9
Rinske A.GotinkabcRozannaMeijboombMeike W.VernooijabMarionSmitsbM.G. MyriamHuninkabd, 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction induces brain changes similar to traditional long-term meditation practice – A systematic review, Brain and Cognition. Volume 108, October 2016, Pages 32-41
Steinhubl, S. R., Wineinger, N. E., Patel, S., Boeldt, D. L., Mackellar, G., Porter, V., . . . Topol,
E. J. (2015). Cardiovascular and Nervous System Changes During Meditation. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9(145), 1-8. Frontier Pedatrics 2017; 5: 57. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Feb 15;77(4):314-23. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.04.020. Epub 2014 May 23
Zapletal, K. (2017). Neuroscience of Mindfulness: What Exactly Happens to Your Brain When You Meditate.
Zsoldos, E. (2018). A Mindful Approach to the Year: Will Your Brain Thank you for it? A Medium Corporation.
Chronic Illness and Mental Health
Breitschwerdt, E., Greenberg, R., Maggi, R., Mozayeni, B Lewis, A., Bradley, J. (2019) Bartonella Henselea bloodstream infection in a boy with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Journal of Central Nervous System Disease. 11, 1-8
Bransfield, R. (2018) Aggressiveness, violence, homicidality, homicide, and lyme disease. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 14, 693-713
Afrin, L., Butterfield, J., Raithel, M., Molderings, G. (2016) Often seen, rarely recognized; mast cell activation disease- a guide to diagnosis and therapeutic options. Annals of Medicine. Vol 48, 3, 190-201
Jian Xu, Ph.D., Rong-Jian Liu, Ph.D., Shaylyn Fahey, B.S., Luciana Frick, Ph.D., James Leckman, M.D., Ph.D., Flora Vaccarino, M.D., Ronald S. Duman, Ph.D., Kyle Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Susan Swedo, M.D., Christopher Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D (2020). Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity Dept of Psychaitry: Yale, ajp.psychiatryonline.org
Brain Based Info
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Iacoboni, M., Molnar-Szakacs, I., Gallese, V., Buccino, G., Mazziotta, J. C., & Rizzolatti, G.
(2005). Grasping the Intentions of Others with One’s Own Mirror Neuron System. PLoS Biology, 3(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030079
Siegel, D., and Bryson, T (2012) The whole brain child twelve revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s developing mind. NY. Randon House Pub Group.
Barry, A. M. (2009). Mirror Neurons: How We Become What We See. Visual Communications
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