| Brain anatomical networks in world class gymnasts: A DTI tractography study | |
Wang, Bin2; Fan, Yuanyuan2; Lu, Min1,3 ; Li, Shumei2; Song, Zheng1; Peng, Xiaoling2; Zhang, Ruibin2; Lin, Qixiang1; He, Yong1; Wang, Jun1; Huang, Ruiwang2; Wang, J (reprint author), Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China.
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| 心理所单位排序 | 3 |
| 摘要 | The excellent motor skills of world class gymnasts amaze everyone. People marvel at the way they precisely control their movements and wonder how the brain structure and function of these elite athletes differ from those of non-athletes. In this study, we acquired diffusion images from thirteen world class gymnasts and fourteen matched controls, constructed their anatomical networks, and calculated the topological properties of each network based on graph theory. From a connectivity-based analysis, we found that most of the edges with increased connection density in the champions were linked to brain regions that are located in the sensorimotor, attentional, and default-mode systems. From graph-based metrics, we detected significantly greater global and local efficiency but shorter characteristic path length in the anatomical networks of the champions compared with the controls. Moreover, in the champions we found a significantly higher nodal degree and greater regional efficiency in several brain regions that correspond to motor and attention functions. These included the left precentral gyrus, left postcentral gyrus, right anterior cingulate gyrus and temporal lobes. In addition, we revealed an increase in the mean fractional anisotropy of the corticospinal tract in the champions, possibly in response to long-term gymnastic training. Our study indicates that neuroanatomical adaptations and plastic changes occur in gymnasts' brain anatomical networks either in response to long-term intensive gymnastic training or as an innate predisposition or both. Our findings may help to explain gymnastic skills at the highest levels of performance and aid in understanding the neural mechanisms that distinguish expert gymnasts from novices. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| 关键词 | Connectome Diffusion tensor imaging Graph theory Small-worldness |
| 学科领域 | Physiological Psychology/biological Psychology,Sports Psychology |
| 2013 | |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 发表期刊 | NEUROIMAGE
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| ISSN | 1053-8119 |
| 卷号 | 65页码:476-487 |
| 期刊论文类型 | 期刊论文 |
| URL | 查看原文 |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 项目简介 | This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers: 30800267, 81071149, 81271548, and 81030028); and Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars (RH; JW), State Education Ministry of China. We are grateful for financial support from the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience. We also appreciate the content and English editing assistance of Drs. Rhoda E. and Edmund F. Perozzi. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions. |
| WOS关键词 | DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY ; STRUCTURAL CORTICAL NETWORKS ; GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES ; WHITE-MATTER ARCHITECTURE ; HUMAN CEREBRAL-CORTEX ; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX ; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ; CORTICOSPINAL TRACT ; ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE ; MRI |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| WOS研究方向 | Neurosciences & Neurology ; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
| WOS类目 | Neurosciences ; Neuroimaging ; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000312283900044 |
| 资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China [30800267, 81071149, 81271548, 81030028] ; Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry of China ; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/10830 |
| 专题 | 认知与发展心理学研究室 |
| 通讯作者 | Wang, J (reprint author), Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China. |
| 作者单位 | 1.Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 2.S China Normal Univ, Key Lab Mental Hlth & Cognit Sci Guangdong Prov, Ctr Study Appl Psychol, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Bin,Fan, Yuanyuan,Lu, Min,et al. Brain anatomical networks in world class gymnasts: A DTI tractography study[J]. NEUROIMAGE,2013,65:476-487. |
| APA | Wang, Bin.,Fan, Yuanyuan.,Lu, Min.,Li, Shumei.,Song, Zheng.,...&Wang, J .(2013).Brain anatomical networks in world class gymnasts: A DTI tractography study.NEUROIMAGE,65,476-487. |
| MLA | Wang, Bin,et al."Brain anatomical networks in world class gymnasts: A DTI tractography study".NEUROIMAGE 65(2013):476-487. |
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