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Cerebral blood flow in autogenic training and hypnosis.
Bernhard J. M. DiehlP. UlrichHans-jürgen MeyerGünther Meinigsubject
AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyHypnosisAutogenic trainingCentral nervous systemAudiologyLateralization of brain functionmedicineHumansAutogenic TrainingRelaxation (psychology)business.industryGeneral MedicineBlood flowMiddle Agedmedicine.anatomical_structureCerebral blood flowRegional Blood FlowAnesthesiaCerebrovascular CirculationSurgeryNeurology (clinical)Occipital LobebusinessArousalPerfusionBlood Flow VelocityHypnosisdescription
In 12 healthy volunteers with at least an experience of six months in autogenic training (AT), the cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured at rest, in AT and in hypnosis (H). The results were correlated with individual test profiles. The cortical flow pattern at rest of our AT trained volunteers did not show the hyperfrontality which is described in the literature. This may be interpreted as an effect of better and habitualized relaxation in long trained AT practitioners. This flow pattern corresponds to the low grades of neuroticism and aggressivity found in the tests. Furthermore an activation in central cortical areas and a deactivation in regions which are associated with acoustic and autonomous functions occur. Possible explanations for these phenomena as well as for the relatively low perfusion of the left hemisphere at rest and activation in AT are discussed. The global rise of CBF in H may be an activation effect caused by resistance against the hypnotizer: the deeper the trance, the smaller the CBF increase in the motor cortical area needed for maintaining catalepsy of the right arm and in temporal cortical fields processing acoustic inputs.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-12-01 | Neurosurgical review |