Prolonged rock climbing activity induces structural changes in cerebellum and parietal lobe

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2707-2714

  Di Paola, Margherita ^a,b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Petrosini, Laura ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c Tor VergataUniversity of Rome ^*  (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Region of interest; Voxel based morphometry; Word class rock climbers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE HAND COORDINATION; GRAY MATTER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; ROCK CLIMBING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; REGION OF INTEREST; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORD-CLASS ROCK CLIMBERS;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUNTAINEERING; ORGAN SIZE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84883755434     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22095     Document Type: Article

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