PMID- 31312135
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 1663-4365 (Print)
IS  - 1663-4365 (Electronic)
IS  - 1663-4365 (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2019
TI  - Greater Anteroposterior Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity in Long-Term 
      Elderly Yoga Practitioners.
PG  - 158
LID - 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00158 [doi]
LID - 158
AB  - Large-scale brain networks exhibit changes in functional connectivity during the 
      aging process. Recent literature data suggests that Yoga and other contemplative 
      practices may revert, at least in part, some of the aging effects in brain 
      functional connectivity, including the Default Mode Network (DMN). The aim of 
      this cross-sectional investigation was to compare resting-state functional 
      connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and posterior cingulate 
      cortex-precuneus (PCC-Precuneus) in long-term elderly Yoga practitioners and 
      healthy paired Yoga-naive controls. Two paired groups: yoga (Y-20 women, Hatha 
      Yoga practitioners; practicing a minimum of twice a week with a frequency of at 
      least 8 years) and a control group (C-20 women, Yoga-naive, matched by age, years 
      of formal education, and physical activity) were evaluated for: Mini Mental State 
      Examination (MMSE), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Instrumental Activities of 
      Daily Living (IADL), and open-eyes resting-state functional magnetic resonance 
      imaging (fMRI)-seed to voxel connectivity analysis (CONN toolbox 17.f) with 
      pre-processing-realignment and unwarping, slice-timing correction, segmentation, 
      normalization, outlier detection, and spatial filtering. The analysis included a 
      priori regions of interest (ROI) of DMN main nodes-MPFC and PCC-Precuneus. There 
      was no difference between groups in terms of: age, years of formal education, 
      MMSE, BDI and IADL. The Yoga group had a higher correlation between MPFC and the 
      right angular gyrus (AGr), compared to the controls. Elderly women with at least 
      8 years of yoga practice presented greater intra-network anteroposterior brain 
      functional connectivity of the DMN. This finding may contribute to the 
      understanding of the influences of practicing Yoga for a healthier cognitive 
      aging process.
FAU - Santaella, Danilo Forghieri
AU  - Santaella DF
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
AD  - Centro de Praticas Esportivas da Universidade de Sao Paulo (CEPEUSP), Sao Paulo, 
      Brazil.
FAU - Balardin, Joana Bisol
AU  - Balardin JB
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Afonso, Rui Ferreira
AU  - Afonso RF
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Giorjiani, Giuliana Martinatti
AU  - Giorjiani GM
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Sato, Joao Ricardo
AU  - Sato JR
AD  - Center for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition-Universidade Federal do ABC 
      (UFABC), Santo Andre, Brazil.
FAU - Lacerda, Shirley Silva
AU  - Lacerda SS
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Amaro, Edson Jr
AU  - Amaro E Jr
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Lazar, Sara
AU  - Lazar S
AD  - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United 
      States.
FAU - Kozasa, Elisa H
AU  - Kozasa EH
AD  - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190702
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Aging Neurosci
JT  - Frontiers in aging neuroscience
JID - 101525824
PMC - PMC6614333
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - angular gyrus
OT  - cognition
OT  - default mode network
OT  - elderly
OT  - functional connectivity
OT  - health aging
OT  - yoga
EDAT- 2019/07/18 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/18 06:01
PMCR- 2019/01/01
CRDT- 2019/07/18 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/06/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/07/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/07/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/18 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00158 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Aging Neurosci. 2019 Jul 2;11:158. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00158. 
      eCollection 2019.