Altered Central Autonomic Network in Baseball Players: A Resting-state fMRI Study.

ABSTRACT: The physiological adaptive regulation of healthy population with a high fitness level is associated with enhanced cognitive control in brain. This study further investigated the effects of different levels of sporting experience on intrinsic brain networks involved in central autonomic processing using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. We explored functional connectivity of four core regions within central autonomic network (CAN), namely posterior midcingulate cortex (pMCC), left amygdala (AMYG), and right anterior (aINS) and left posterior insular cortices, in advanced and intermediate baseball players, and compared their strength of connectivity with individuals without baseball-playing experience. Functional connectivity maps across three groups confirmed a close rela

SUBMITTER: Sie JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6331574 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature