Yoga is considered a widely-used approach for health conservation and can be adopted as a treatment modality for a plethora of medical conditions, including neurological and psychological disorders. Hence, we reviewed relevant articles entailing various neurological and psychological disorders and gathered data on how yoga exerts positive impacts on patients with a diverse range of disorders, including its modulatory effects on brain bioelectrical activities, neurotransmitters, and synaptic plasticity. The role of yoga practice as an element of the treatment of several neuropsychological diseases was evaluated based on these findings.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Anxiety; Bipolar disorder; Complementary medicine, depression; Epilepsy; Migraine; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson’s disease; Schizophrenia.
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