Ballroom Dancing Promotes Neural Activity in the Sensorimotor System: A Resting-State fMRI Study.

ABSTRACT: Objective:This study aims at investigating differences in the spontaneous brain activity and functional connectivity in the sensorimotor system between ballroom dancers and nondancers, to further support the functional alteration in people with expertise. Materials and Methods:Twenty-three ballroom dancers and twenty-one matched novices with no dance experience were recruited in this study. Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and seed-based functional connectivity, as methods for assessing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data, were used to reveal the resting-state brain function in these participants. Results:Compared to the novices, ballroom dancers showed increased ALFF in the left middle temporal gyrus, bilateral precentral gyrus, bilateral inferi

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944238 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature