ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2014
Meditation as a therapeutic intervention for adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease - potential benefits and underlying mechanisms.
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- Mindfulness related changes in grey matter: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of meditation on brain age derived from multimodal neuroimaging in experts and older adults from a randomized trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Meditation and Music Improve Memory and Cognitive Function in Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2017Trial
- Effects of Meditation versus Music Listening on Perceived Stress, Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Adults with Early Memory Loss: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2016Trial
- Effects of meditation compared to music listening on biomarkers in breast cancer survivors with cognitive complaints: secondary outcomes of a pilot randomized control trial.Explore (New York, N.Y.)Trial
- Integrative, multimodal nursing intervention for uncontrolled hypertension: randomized controlled trial effects on blood pressure, perceived stress, and medication adherence.Clinical hypertension · 2026Article
- A comparative study of the impact of meditation and Buddhist five precepts on stress and depression between older adults and younger adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Effects of Hatha yoga on cognitive functions in the elderly: a cross-sectional study.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2022Article
- Effect of distinct psychological interventions on changes in self-reported distress, depression and loneliness among older adults during COVID-19.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Guts Imbalance Imbalances the Brain: A Review of Gut Microbiota Association With Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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- The effect of mind-body exercise on cognitive function in cancer survivors: A systematic review.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2022Article
- Spiritual Fitness: A New Dimension in Alzheimer's Disease Prevention.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Review
- Promoting Successful Cognitive Aging: A Ten-Year Update.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Review
- The Effect of Baseline Patient and Caregiver Mindfulness on Dementia Outcomes.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Article
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal characterization of SCD patients recruited from the community versus from a memory clinic: subjective cognitive decline, psychoaffective factors, cognitive performances, and atrophy progression over time.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2019Article
- Default Mode Network, Meditation, and Age-Associated Brain Changes: What Can We Learn from the Impact of Mental Training on Well-Being as a Psychotherapeutic Approach?Neural plasticity · 2019Review
- Epigenetics for the 21st-Century Biology Student.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2019Article
- Why could meditation practice help promote mental health and well-being in aging?Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic, progressive, brain disorder that affects at least 5.3 million Americans at an estimated cost of $148 billion, figures that are expected to rise steeply in coming years. Despite decades of research, there is still no cure for AD, and effective therapies for preventing or slowing progression of cognitive decline in at-risk populations remain elusive. Although the etiology of AD remains uncertain, chronic stress, sleep deficits, and mood disturbance, conditions common in those with cognitive impairment, have been prospectively linked to the development and progression of both chronic illness and memory loss and are significant predictors of AD. Therapies such as meditation that specifically target these risk factors may thus hold promise for slowing and possibly preventing cognitive decline in those at risk. In this study, we briefly review the existing evidence regarding the potential utility of meditation as a therapeutic intervention for those with and at risk for AD, discuss possible mechanisms underlying the observed benefits of meditation, and outline directions for future research.
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