Long-term Ashtanga yoga practice decreases medial temporal and brainstem glucose metabolism in relation to years of experience
EJNMMI Research May 14, 2020 June van Aalst, Jenny Ceccarini, Georg Schramm et al. 13 citations
BACKGROUND: Yoga is increasingly popular worldwide with several physical and mental benefits, but the underlying neurobiology remains unclear. Whereas many studies have focused on pure meditational aspects, the triad of yoga includes meditation, postures, and breathing. We conducted a cross-sectional study comparing experienced yoga practitioners to yoga-naive healthy subjects using a...