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World J Radiol. Jul 28, 2014; 6(7): 471-479
Published online Jul 28, 2014. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.471
Table 3 Brain regions involved with mindfulness mechanisms
Frontal cortex[6,10,11,14,16-18,20,25,28,32-36,39]
Lateral frontal cortex[11,16,25]
Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex[16]
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex[11]
Medial frontal cortex[6,10,13,14,17,18,20,25,27,28,33,36]
Anterior cingulate cortex[10,18,20,25,36]
Orbitofrontal cortex[10]
Posterior medial cortex[13,22,29-31,33,36,37]
Posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus[13,22,30,31,33,36,37]
Ventral posteromedial cortex[29]
Insula[6,10,14,18,23,25,32,35,38]
Temporal cortex[28,33]
Temporoparietal junction[29]
Sensorimotor cortex[6,10,28]
Inferior parietal lobule[6,33]
Parahippocampal gyrus[35]
Amygdala[8,12,16,24,32,35,39]
Basal ganglia[22,28]
Thalamus[10]