Can musical training influence brain connectivity? Evidence from diffusion tensor MRI

Brain Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 405-427

  Moore, Emma ^a   Schaefer, Rebecca S ^b   Bastin, Mark E ^c   Roberts, Neil ^a   Overy, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor MRI; Musicians; Neuroplasticity; White matter

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; TRAINING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84910054541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci4020405     Document Type: Review

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