ArticleHuman brain mapping2022
Myeloarchitectonic plasticity in elite golf players' brains.
Article in Human brain mapping, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Long-term intensive golf training induces reconfiguration of brain structural covariance networks.PloS one · 2026Article
- Dynamic Brain Activation and Connectivity in Elite Golfers During Distinct Golf Swing Phases: An fMRI Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Changes of Quantitative Brain Tissue Properties Induced by Balance Training.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Physical activity and the brain myelin content in humans.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023Review
- Myeloarchitectonic plasticity in elite golf players' brains.Human brain mapping · 2022Article
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Abstract
Human neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that exercise influences the cortical structural plasticity as indexed by gray or white matter volume. It remains elusive, however, whether exercise affects cortical changes at the finer-grained myelination structure level. To answer this question, we scanned 28 elite golf players in comparison with control participants, using a novel neuroimaging technique-quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI). The data showed myeloarchitectonic plasticity in the left temporal pole of the golf players: the microstructure of this brain region of the golf players was better proliferated than that of control participants. In addition, this myeloarchitectonic plasticity was positively related to golfing proficiency. Our study has manifested that myeloarchitectonic plasticity could be induced by exercise, and thus, shed light on the potential benefits of exercise on brain health and cognitive enhancement.
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