Sports and brain morphology - A voxel-based morphometry study with endurance athletes and martial artists

Neuroscience

Volumn 259, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-42

  Schlaffke, L ^a   Lissek, S ^a   Lenz, M ^a   Brune M ^b   Juckel, G ^b   Hinrichs, T ^c,d   Platen, P ^c   Tegenthoff, M ^a   Schmidt Wilcke, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Parahippocampal gyrus; Physical exercise; Supplementary motor area; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

BA; BDNF; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRODMANN AREA; CBV; CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUME; DLPFC; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ENDURANCE SPORT ATHLETES; ES-A; GLUTAMATE/GLUTAMINE; GLX; GM; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MA; MARTIAL ARTISTS; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MTL; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; PMC; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SMA; SPM; STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VBM; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WM;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891043852     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.046     Document Type: Article

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