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| Title |
Greater Cortical Thickness in Elderly Female Yoga Practitioners—A Cross-Sectional Study
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00201 |
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| Authors |
Rui F. Afonso, Joana B. Balardin, Sara Lazar, João R. Sato, Nadja Igarashi, Danilo F. Santaella, Shirley S. Lacerda, Edson Amaro, Elisa H. Kozasa |
| Abstract |
Yoga, a mind-body activity that requires attentional engagement, has been associated with positive changes in brain structure and function, especially in areas related to awareness, attention, executive functions and memory. Normal aging, on the other hand, has also been associated with structural and functional brain changes, but these generally involve decreased cognitive functions. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare brain cortical thickness (CT) in elderly yoga practitioners and a group of age-matched healthy non-practitioners. We tested 21 older women who had practiced hatha yoga for at least 8 years and 21 women naive to yoga, meditation or any mind-body interventions who were matched to the first group in age, years of formal education and physical activity level. A T1-weighted MPRAGE sequence was acquired for each participant. Yoga practitioners showed significantly greater CT in a left prefrontal lobe cluster, which included portions of the lateral middle frontal gyrus, anterior superior frontal gyrus and dorsal superior frontal gyrus. We found greater CT in the left prefrontal cortex of healthy elderly women who trained yoga for a minimum of 8 years compared with women in the control group. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 52 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 10% |
| Spain | 3 | 6% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Russia | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 43 | 83% |
| Scientists | 5 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 198 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 11% |
| Researcher | 17 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 20% |
| Unknown | 52 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 31 | 16% |
| Neuroscience | 23 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 9% |
| Sports and Recreations | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 18% |
| Unknown | 58 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 255. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 February 2023.
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