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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

Advanced Meditation Alters Resting-State Brain Network Connectivity Correlating With Improved Mindfulness.

Ramana V Vishnubhotla, Rupa Radhakrishnan, Kestas Kveraga, Rachael Deardorff, Chithra Ram, Dhanashri Pawale, Yu-Chien Wu, Janelle Renschler, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ramana V VishnubhotlaDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Rupa RadhakrishnanDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Kestas KveragaDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
Rachael DeardorffDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Chithra RamDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.
Dhanashri PawaleDepartment of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Yu-Chien WuDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Janelle RenschlerDepartment of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Balachundhar SubramaniamDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Sadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
Senthilkumar SadhasivamDepartment of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Indiana University School of MedicineIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USUniversity of Louisville · US

Funding

Comprehensive White-matter Microstructure-informed Analytical Methods to Elucidate Neurobiological Mechanisms of Sports-related Concussion (SRC)R01NS112303 · NINDS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI HAREZLAK, JAROSLAW, WU, YU-CHIEN · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Modeling Axonal Density and Inflammation-Associated Cellularity in Alzheimer’s Disease Using Hybrid Diffusion ImagingR01AG053993 · NIA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI WU, YU-CHIEN · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG053993NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

brain networksdefault mode networkfMRIIsha yogameditationmindfulnesssalience networkSamyama

Identifiers

PMID34867626
PMCPMC8636330
OpenAlexW3212612139

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