Characteristics of the athletes' brain: Evidence from neurophysiology and neuroimaging

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-211

  Nakata, Hiroki ^a,b   Yoshie, Michiko ^a,b   Miura, Akito ^a   Kudo, Kazutoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athlete; EEG; FMRI; Non athlete; TMS

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATHLETES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77149176918     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.11.006     Document Type: Review

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