The plasticity of the superior longitudinal fasciculus as a function of musical expertise: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2010, Pages

  Oechslin, Mathias S ^a   Imfeld, Adrian ^a   Loenneker, Thomas ^a,b   Meyer, Martin ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; DTI; Language; Musical expertise; Pioneer axon thesis; Plasticity; Superior longitudinal fasciculus; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956253327     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.076.2009     Document Type: Article

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