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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 7 | Page : 394-396 |
Yoga increases the volume of the hippocampus in elderly subjects
VR Hariprasad, S Varambally, V Shivakumar, SV Kalmady, G Venkatasubramanian, BN Gangadhar
Department of Psychiatry, Advanced Centre for Yoga in Mental Health and Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
B N Gangadhar
Department of Psychiatry, Advanced Centre for Yoga in Mental Health and Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: The research was done under the Advanced Centre for Yoga - Mental Health and Neurosciences, a collaborative centre of NIMHANS and the Morarji Desai Institute of Yoga, New Delhi, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.116309
Context: The neurobiological effect of yoga on the cortical structures in the elderly is as yet unknown.
Materials and Methods: Seven healthy elderly subjects received yoga intervention as an add-on life-style practice. Magnetic resonance imaging scans were obtained before and 6 months later. Voxel-based-morphometric analyses compared the brains before and after the yoga.
Results: Yoga group was found to have increases in hippocampal, but not in occipital gray matter.
Conclusion: Yoga has potential to reduce neuro-senescence. Small sample size and absence of the control group prevent generalization of the findings limiting its translational value.
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