Mindfulness based intervention in Parkinson's disease leads to structural brain changes on MRI: a randomized controlled longitudinal trial.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery December 2013 Barbara A Pickut, Wim Van Hecke, Eric Kerckhofs et al.
The aim of the current study is to investigate structural changes on brain MRI using voxel based morphometry (VBM) related to an eight-week mindfulness based intervention (MBI) in Parkinson's Disease (PD). A total of 27 out of 30 PD patients completed a randomized controlled longitudinal trial. Fourteen patients participated in a structured eight-week program of MBI. Thirteen patients received...
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.10.002 (opens in new tab)
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Gray matter density
Magnetic resonance imaging
Mindfulness based intervention
Parkinson's disease