Intracranial substrates of meditation-induced neuromodulation in the amygdala and hippocampus.

ABSTRACT: Meditation is an accessible mental practice associated with emotional regulation and well-being. Loving-kindness meditation (LKM), a specific subtype of meditative practice, involves focusing one's attention on thoughts of well-being for oneself and others. Meditation has been proven to be beneficial in a variety of settings, including therapeutic applications, but the neural activity underlying meditative practices and their positive effects are not well understood. It has been difficult to understand the contribution of deep limbic structures given the difficulty of studying neural activity directly in the human brain. Here, we leverage a unique patient population, epilepsy patients chronically implanted with responsive neurostimulation devices that allow chronic, invasive electrophysiol

SUBMITTER: Maher C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831176 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature