Adaptation of brain functional stream architecture in athletes with fast demands of sensorimotor integration.

ABSTRACT: Training-induced neuroplasticity has been described in athletes' population. However, it remains largely unknown how regular training and sports proficiency modifies neuronal circuits in the human brain. In this study, we used voxel-based morphometry and stepwise functional connectivity (SFC) analyses to uncover connectivity changes in the functional stream architecture in student-athletes at early stages of sensorimotor skill training. Thirty-two second-year student-athletes whose major was little-ball sports and thirty-four nonathlete controls were recruited for the study. We found that athletes showed greater gray matter volume in the right sensorimotor area, the limbic lobe, and the anterior lobe of the cerebellum. Furthermore, SFC analysis demonstrated that athletes displayed signific

SUBMITTER: Gao Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6865555 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature