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Rakesh Kumar

2 papers in the library · 20 citations · publishing 2023-2025

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Unveiling Brainwave Signatures of Devotional Practices Using OBiGSEN: An EEG-Based Study on Hare Krishna Mahamantra Meditation and Kirtan Kriya

September 11, 2025 Rakesh Kumar, Dushyant Kumar Singh

Electroencephalography-based emotion recognition remains an active research area. Unlike many existing pipelines that rely on large, redundant feature sets, we propose a streamlined yet robust framework to examine the influence of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra (HKM) and its musical rendition (Kirtan) on neuronal dynamics-a relatively unexplored direction. EEG signals were acquired using a...

An Update on the Efficacy of Single and Serial Intravenous Ketamine Infusions and Esketamine for Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Brain Sciences December 22, 2023 Nicolas A. Nunez, Boney Joseph, Rakesh Kumar et al. 20 citations

Ketamine has shown rapid antidepressant and anti-suicidal effects in treatment-resistant depression (TRD) with single and serial intravenous (IV) infusions, but the effectiveness for depressive episodes of bipolar disorder is less clear. We conducted an updated systematic review and meta-analysis to appraise the current evidence on the efficacy and tolerability of ketamine/esketamine in bipolar...