SPM group analysis of the relative FDG PET data showed a highly significant decrease in glucose metabolism at rest for the yoga practitioner group compared to controls in the hippocampus, parahippocampus, amygdala, insula, anterior midbrain, striatum (globus pallidus), and cerebellum (vermis, upper cerebellum), with a peak effect in the left parahippocampus of − 8.4% ( P FWE < 0.0001) (Fig. 2 a and Supplementary Table S1).
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Long-term Ashtanga yoga practice decreases medial temporal and brainstem glucose metabolism in relation to years of experience.
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