White matter neuroplastic changes in long-term trained players of the game of "Baduk" (GO): A voxel-based diffusion-tensor imaging study

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-19

  Lee, Boreom ^a,d   Park, Ji Young ^a   Jung, Wi Hoon ^b   Kim, Hee Sun ^a   Oh, Jungsu S ^a,b   Choi, Chi Hoon ^c   Jang, Joon Hwan ^a   Kang, Do Hyung ^a   Kwon, Jun Soo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baduk; Brain development; Cognitive execution; Diffusion tensor imaging; Neural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONTROL; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953286414     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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