Musical training intensity yields opposite effects on grey matter density in cognitive versus sensorimotor networks

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 353-366

  James, Clara E ^a,b   Oechslin, Mathias S ^a   Van De Ville, Dimitri ^a,c   Hauert, Claude Alain ^a   Descloux, Céline ^d   Lazeyras, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Grey matter density; Musical training; Plasticity; Sensorimotor function; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HEARING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; OXYGEN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892364902     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0504-z     Document Type: Article

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