Meditation effects on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in subjects with memory loss: A preliminary study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 517-526

  Newberg, Andrew B ^a   Wintering, Nancy ^a   Khalsa, Dharma S ^a,b   Roggenkamp, Hannah ^a   Waldman, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; cognitive impairment; meditation; memory; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; KIRTAN KRIYA; MALE; MEDITATION; MEMORY; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL FLUENCY; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 77954515676     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-1391     Document Type: Article

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