Reduced age-related degeneration of the hippocampal subiculum in long-term meditators

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 214-218

  Kurth, Florian ^a   Cherbuin, Nicolas ^b   Luders, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Hippocampus; Mindfulness; MRI; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; AGING; ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929518633     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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