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JAMA Neurology

ISSN 2168-6149

2 papers in the library · 45 citations · publishing 2019-2022

Papers

Effect of an 18-Month Meditation Training on Regional Brain Volume and Perfusion in Older Adults

JAMA Neurology October 10, 2022 Gaël Chételat, Antoine Lutz, Olga Klimecki et al. 45 citations

An 18-month randomized trial of meditation training versus non-native language training or no intervention in cognitively unimpaired adults aged 65 and older found no significant changes in brain volume or perfusion of the anterior cingulate cortex or insula from meditation. Meditation did produce superior improvements in a composite score of attention regulation, socioemotional capacities, and self-knowledge compared with language training. The findings confirm the feasibility of both meditation and language training in older adults, with high adherence and low dropout, but the positive behavioral effects of meditation were not accompanied by measurable changes in the targeted brain structures.

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3185 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Meditation Randomized controlled trial Insula Dementia +3

Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA Neurology July 1, 2019 J. Kwok, J. Kwan, M. Auyeung et al.

For people with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease, an 8-week mindfulness yoga program was as effective as stretching and resistance training for motor symptoms and mobility, and offered additional benefits: greater reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms, and greater improvements in spiritual well-being and health-related quality of life. These benefits were still present 12 weeks after the program ended.

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.0534 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Medicine