The effect of leisure activity golf practice on motor imagery: An fMRI study in middle adulthood

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages

  Bezzola, Ladina ^a   Mérillat, Susan ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fMRI; Functional neuroplasticity; Middle adulthood; Motor imagery; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 84933674164     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00067     Document Type: Article

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