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Neuroprotective effects of yoga practice: age-, experience-, and frequency-dependent plasticity

Yoga combines postures, breathing, and meditation. Despite reported health benefits, yoga’s effects on the brain have received little study. We used magnetic resonance imaging to compare age-related gray matter (GM) decline in yogis and controls. We also examined the effect of increasing yoga experi...

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Autores principales: Villemure, Chantal, Čeko, Marta, Cotton, Valerie A., Bushnell, M. Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029093
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00281