A pilot study of the effects of meditation on regional brain metabolism in distressed dementia caregivers

Aging Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-516

  Pomykala, Kelsey L ^a   Silverman, Daniel HS ^a   Geist, Cheri L ^a   Voege, Patricia ^b   Siddarth, Prabha ^c   Nazarian, Nora ^c   Cyr, Natalie M St ^c   Khalsa, Dharma S ^d   Lavretsky, Helen ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia caregiver; Depression; Kirtan kriya; PET; Regional brain metabolism; Stress; Yogic meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LEISURE; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 84867527494     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.12.46     Document Type: Article

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