Plant communications
May 12, 2025
Ruoxi Lin, Haixiu Li, Yiren Xiao et al.
Salvia species native to the Americas are rich in valuable bioactive furanoclerodanes like the psychoactive salvinorin A found in Salvia divinorum, which is used in the treatment of opioid addiction. However, relatively little is known about their biosynthesis. To address this, we investigated the biosynthesis of salviarin, the most abundant furanoclerodane structure in the ornamental sage...
Cerebral Cortex
September 4, 2022
Xiaoli Guo, Meiyun Wang, Xu Wang et al.
Meditation has been a spiritual and healing practice in the East for thousands of years. However, the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying its traditional form remain unclear. In this study, we recruited a large sample of monks (n = 73) who practice Tibetan Buddhist meditation and compared with meditation-naive local controls (n = 30). Their electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocardiogram...
Cerebral Cortex
March 21, 2020
Haiteng Jiang, Bin He, Xiaoli Guo et al.
40 citations
Despite accumulating evidence suggesting improvement in one's well-being as a result of meditation, little is known about if or how the brain and the periphery interact to produce these behavioral and mental changes. We hypothesize that meditation reflects changes in the neural representations of visceral activity, such as cardiac behavior, and investigated the integration of neural and...
2019 12th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics
October 1, 2019
Meiyun Wang, Shanbao Tong, Xiaoli Guo et al.
Meditation is a progressive process in which meditators may experience different stages to finally reach a deep meditation state. However, the temporal-dynamic process of meditation remains unclear. In this study, we recruited 38 experienced Tibetan Buddhism meditators to explore the dynamic process from resting to deep meditation from the aspects of EEG oscillations and networks. We found that...