The Cerebellum

The cerebellum is known as the “little brain” because while it’s small compared to the total mass of the brain, it plays a critical role in movement, balance, and even language and thinking. The cerebellum receives inputs from other areas of your nervous system to help regulate and control voluntary movements and speech. It’s an important connector of many autonomic nervous system functions, like heart rate and heart rate variability.

 

The ONE Idea

As part of its ongoing mission to support research on the connection between the mind and the body, ONE Research Foundation partnered with the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University to conduct a study with cancer patients as they remembered distressing and even traumatic experiences related to receiving a cancer diagnosis.

Physiological stress measurements, including fMRIs, were carefully documented before beginning treatment using Neuro Emotional Technique (NET). After treatment, all subjective and objective measurements were repeated and recorded.

 

The Outcome

The researchers discovered that Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) alters the brain’s response to traumatic memories. Additionally, the study revealed results that expanded our fundamental understanding of the cerebellum’s role in connecting traumatic memories and emotions, including our body’s physiological response to them. 

This groundbreaking research adds essential and powerful new information to the basic understanding of the pathophysiology of traumatic stress in general and the cerebellum’s role in relieving that stress.

 

Research and Resources

Changes in cerebellar functional connectivity and autonomic regulation in cancer patients treated with the Neuro Emotional Technique for traumatic stress symptoms
Daniel A. Monti, Anna Tobia, Marie Stoner, Nancy, Wintering, Michael Matthews, Chris J. Conklin, Feroze B. Mohamed, Inna Chervoneva, Andrew B. Newberg
Journal of Cancer Survivorship(2017)

 

Neuro emotional technique effects on brain physiology in cancer patients with traumatic stress symptoms: preliminary findings
Daniel A. Monti, Anna Tobia, Marie Stoner, Nancy Wintering, Michael Matthews, Xiao-Song He, Gaelle Doucet, Inna Chervoneva, Joseph I. Tracy, Andrew B. Newberg
Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2017)

 

Press Release from ONE Research introducing the groundbreaking findings.