Meditation effects on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in subjects with memory loss: a preliminary study.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2010 Andrew B Newberg, Nancy Wintering, Dharma S Khalsa et al.
This preliminary study determined if subjects with memory loss problems demonstrate changes in memory and cerebral blood flow (CBF) after a simple 8-week meditation program. Fourteen subjects with memory problems had an IV inserted and were injected with 250 MBq of Tc-99m ECD while listening to a neutral stimulus CD. They then underwent a pre-program baseline SPECT scan. Then subjects were...