Reduced age-associated brain changes in expert meditators: a multimodal neuroimaging pilot study
Scientific Reports August 25, 2017 Gaël Chételat, Florence Mezenge, Clémence Tomadesso et al. 67 citations
Aging is associated with progressive cerebral volume and glucose metabolism decreases. Conditions such as stress and sleep difficulties exacerbate these changes and are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Meditation practice, aiming towards stress reduction and emotion regulation, can downregulate these adverse factors. In this pilot study, we explored the possibility that lifelong meditation...