Brain structures differ between musicians and non-musicians

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 9240-9245

  Gaser, Christian ^a,b   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Gray matter; Morphometry; Motor training; Musician; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; SYMBOLISM; VISION;

EID: 0141954049     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09240.2003     Document Type: Article

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