AUTHOR=Nagendra Ravindra P., Maruthai Nirmala , Kutty Bindu M.

TITLE=Meditation and Its Regulatory Role on Sleep

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2012

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2012.00054

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2012.00054

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=<p>Intense meditation practices help to achieve a harmony between body and mind. Meditation practices influence brain functions, induce various intrinsic neural plasticity events, modulate autonomic, metabolic, endocrine, and immune functions and thus mediate global regulatory changes in various behavioral states including sleep. This brief review focuses on the effect of meditation as a self regulatory phenomenon on sleep.</p>