Instrument specific use-dependent plasticity shapes the anatomical properties of the corpus callosum: A comparison between musicians and non-musicians

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Vollmann, Henning ^a,b   Ragert, Patrick ^a   Conde, Virginia ^a,c   Villringer, Arno ^a,d   Classen, Joseph ^b   Witte, Otto W ^e   Steele, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Diffusion imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Interhemispheric inhibition; Musical training; Pianists; String players; Use dependent plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904406197     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00245     Document Type: Article

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