The effect of body-mind relaxation meditation induction on major depressive disorder: A resting-state fMRI study.
Journal of Affective Disorders September 1, 2015 Fangfang Chen, Xueyu Lv, Jiliang Fang et al.
Meditation has been increasingly evaluated as an important complementary therapeutic tool for the treatment of depression. The present study employed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to examine the effect of body-mind relaxation meditation induction (BMRMI) on the brain activity of depressed patients and to investigate possible mechanisms of action for this complex...
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.030 (opens in new tab)
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Major depressive disorder
Body–mind relaxation meditation
Cognitive reappraisal
Medial frontal cortex
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