Increased cortical thickness in sports experts: A comparison of diving players with the controls

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wei, Gaoxia ^a   Zhang, Yuanchao ^b,c   Jiang, Tianzi ^c   Luo, Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; ATHLETE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RECREATION; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPORTS;

EID: 79951920322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017112     Document Type: Article

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