Open AccessUse of resting state-functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess the utility of focused meditation in post-coronavirus disease cognitive dysfunction
Author(s) -
Akshay Kapoor,
Goldaa Mahajan,
Akshay Kapoor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-1303
pISSN - 2454-129X
DOI - 10.32677/ijcr.v7i8.2983
Subject(s) - medicine , default mode network , meditation , magnetic resonance imaging , functional magnetic resonance imaging , dysfunctional family , cognition , disease , resting state fmri , covid-19 , neuroscience , cardiology , radiology , psychiatry , psychology , philosophy , theology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) syndrome is a well-recognized entity in which cognitive brain dysfunction is the most common presentation. Diagnosis and management of such patients are challenging. We describe an important brain finding of post-COVID-19 syndrome on resting (rs)-functional magnetic resonance imaging by mapping the default mode network of the brain which becomes dysfunctional thus causing patient symptoms and its correction by the technique of focused meditation.