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NCT01262404 Clinical Trial

Imaging Cerebral and Sub-cerebral Correlates of Meditative States

Stress Clinical Trial

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Official title:
Imaging Cerebral and Sub-cerebral Correlates of Meditative States

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data
NCT number NCT01262404
Other study ID # BU-Emory-01
Secondary ID AT005728-01
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received December 16, 2010
Last updated December 16, 2010
Start date January 2010
Est. completion date October 2011

Study information
Verified date December 2010
Source Boston University
Contact Terri Sivilli, AB
Phone 404 778 2256
Email tsivil@emory.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Psychiatry Dept. DSMB, Emory University
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Three groups of subjects are trained to practice mindfulness meditation, compassion meditation, or attend a health training control class. Individuals from each group will undergo structural and functional brain imaging before and after training. The hypothesis is that the compassion meditation group will show the largest changes in brain structure and function. In a second series of experiments, the subjects practicing a Tibetan meditation practice will be undergo MRI thermometry imaging to construct detailed three dimensional temperature maps of their bodies before, during, and after they perform this practice.

Description:

Structural (MRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in cortical thickness in the pre and post training groups. Function (fMRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in cortical and sub-cortical responses to a series of affectively controlled visual images, presented during scanning. MRI Thermometry Imaging will be used to construct three dimensional temperature maps of subjects while performing meditation in the scanner.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Recruiting
Enrollment 58
Est. completion date October 2011
Est. primary completion date October 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18-65 for the mindfulness-compassion study

- Prior training in gtummo meditation for the gtummo study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous experience with meditation for the mindfulness-compassion study

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Locations
Country Name City State
United States Boston University Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems Boston Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Boston University Emory University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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