Cerebellar volume of musicians

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 943-949

  Hutchinson, Siobhan ^a   Lee, Leslie Hui Lin ^a   Gaab, Nadine ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0041857958     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.9.943     Document Type: Article

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