Frontiers in Psychiatry
October 18, 2021
June van Aalst, Lise Jennen, Koen Demyttenaere et al.
9 citations
Interventional yoga studies with an active control group remain scarce and are important to clarify the underlying neurobiology. We conducted an interventional study in healthy controls using simultaneous positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging and psychometric scales. Thirty healthy, female volunteers (28.4 ± 8.4 years) participated and were randomly assigned to a...
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
July 8, 2020
June van Aalst, Jenny Ceccarini, Koen Demyttenaere et al.
57 citations
Yoga is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with several implicated physical and mental benefits. Here we provide a comprehensive and critical review of the research generated from the existing neuroimaging literature in studies of yoga practitioners. We reviewed 34 international peer-reviewed neuroimaging studies of yoga using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography...
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...
New England Journal of Medicine
October 31, 2007
Dirk de Ridder, Koen van Laere, Patrick Dupont et al.
225 citations
An out-of-body experience was repeatedly elicited during stimulation of the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus on the right side in a patient in whom electrodes had been implanted to suppress tinnitus. Positron-emission tomographic scanning showed brain activation at the temporoparietal junction--more specifically, at the angular-supramarginal gyrus junction and the superior temporal...