Mapping brain structure and function in professional fencers: A model to study training effects on central nervous system plasticity

• Published in: Human brain mapping Vol. 43; no. 11; pp. 3375 - 3385
• Main Authors: Cordani, Claudio, Preziosa, Paolo, Gatti, Roberto, Castellani, Carlotta, Filippi, Massimo, Rocca, Maria Assunta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Active control; Age; Athletes; Basal ganglia; Brain; Brain mapping; Central nervous system; Cerebellum; Coordination; Cortex (motor); Fencing; Functional anatomy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; functional MRI; Ganglia; Hands; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphology; Motor ability; motor coordination; Motor task performance; MRI; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; Neuroplasticity; Optimization; Skills; Structure-function relationships; Substantia alba; Substantia grisea; Substrates; Task complexity; Temporal lobe; Training; functional MRI; athletes; MRI; motor coordination; neuroplasticity

Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have shown different patterns of structural and functional reorganization in high‐level athletes compared with controls, but little is known about their relationship with interlimb coordination mechanisms. To this aim, we investigated brain structural a...