Motor learning-induced changes in functional brain connectivity as revealed by means of graph-theoretical network analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 633-650

  Heitger, M H ^a   Ronsse, R ^a,b   Dhollander, T ^c   Dupont, P ^a,c   Caeyenberghs, K ^a   Swinnen, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Functional networks; Graph theory; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRAPH THEORETICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861198668     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.067     Document Type: Article

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