Effects of yoga versus walking on mood, anxiety, and brain GABA levels: A randomized controlled MRS study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1145-1152

  Streeter, Chris C ^a   Theodore H Whitfield, ^b   Owen, Liz ^c   Rein, Tasha ^a   Karri, Surya K ^d   Yakhkind, Aleksandra ^e   Perlmutter, Ruth ^f   Prescot, Andrew ^g   Renshaw, Perry F ^h   Ciraulo, Domenic A ^a   Jensen, J Eric ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Liz Owen Yoga   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^g Departments of Radiology and 8Psychiatry   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THALAMUS; WALKING; YOGA;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; WALKING; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249237159     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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