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18672026

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
The current study combined structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) and diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) to investigate both gray matter density (GMD) and white matter integrity (WMI) in 18 pianists and 21 age-matched non-musicians. The pianists began their piano training at a mean age of 12. Voxel-based morphometry of the sMRI data showed that the pianists had higher GMD in the left primary sensorimotor cortex and right cerebellum. Voxel-based analysis of the DT-MRI data showed that pianists had higher fractional anisotropy (FA) (indicating higher WMI) in the right posterior limb of the internal capsule. The sMRI and DT-MRI results indicate that both the GMD and WMI of pianists may exhibit movement-related increases during adolescence or even early adulthood compared with non-musicians.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1872-7972
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
459
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Gray matter density and white matter integrity in pianists' brain: a combined structural and diffusion tensor MRI study.
pubmed:affiliation
State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't