Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uoc--fym020515.php

Public Release: 5-Feb-2015
University of California - Los Angeles

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Building on their earlier work that suggested people who meditate have less age-related atrophy in the brain's white matter, a new study by UCLA researchers found that meditation appeared to help preserve the brain's gray matter, the tissue that contains neurons.

The scientists looked specifically at the association between age and gray matter. They compared 50 people who had mediated for years and 50 who didn't. People in both groups showed a loss of gray matter as they aged. But the researchers found among those who meditated, the volume of gray matter did not decline as much as it did among those who didn't.

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