National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
April 2, 2026
Ambareesha Goud Kondam, W Nagadeepa, N Jagan et al.
Background: The medical students experience a lot of stress, which increase when they appear for internal assessment examination. Yoga as an anxiolytic tool which has been practiced over centuries in India. Aims and Objectives: To assess the efficacy of yoga in increasing the cognitive performance in medical students after practicing it for 6 months. Materials and Methods: A comparative study...
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
April 2, 2026
Mousumi Chakrabarty, Priya Gajendra Shinde
Background: Meditation is a practice that has been shown to improve calmness, enhance attention, and produce a focused mind. Mindfulness is the quality of being fully engaged with whatever we are doing, being free from distraction. Students nowadays are stressed due to increasing competition relating to their academic performance and career building which, in turn, affects their performance and...
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
April 2, 2026
Reshu Gupta, Rohan Arora, Raman Grover
Background: Meditation has widely been used to combat stress and its effects, yet the universality of its effectiveness and duration remains unclear. Aim and Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate differences in its effectiveness among individuals with different baseline stress levels and recommend duration of practice to produce constructive outcomes. Materials and Methods: A total of 30...
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
April 2, 2026
Nidhi Gupta, Jyoti Arora, Ritvija Dixit et al.
Background: Yoga and meditation are associated with improvement in both physical and mental health. Brahmakumari meditation is concerned with awareness of the metaphysical self with reorientating thought patterns and feelings so one can live with positive thinking, greater harmony, and contentment. EEG gives meaningful insight about the state of mind of an individual. Aims and Objectives: The...
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
April 2, 2026
Background: Memory is the storage of acquired knowledge for later recall. Learning and memory form the basis by which individuals adapt their behavior to their particular external circumstances. Without these mechanisms, it would be impossible for individuals to plan for successful interactions and to intentionally avoid predictably disagreeable circumstances. Yoga unites the individual self...
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
April 2, 2026
Shikha Singh, Jalaj Saxena, Dolly Rastogi et al.
Background: Stressful conditions such as excessive workload, physical and mental trauma enhance sympathetic nervous system activity which results in the secretion of cortisol hormone, which in turn can raise blood pressure, triglycerides (TG), blood sugar, and cholesterol, all posing jeopardy for cardiovascular diseases. Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the effect of short-term breathing...