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The descending motor tracts are different in dancers and musicians.

Author(s): Giacosa C, Karpati FJ, Foster NEV, Hyde KL, Penhune VB

Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Oct 16;: Authors: Giacosa C, Karpati FJ, Foster NEV, Hyde KL, Penhune VB

Article GUID: 31620887
Dance and music share gray matter structural correlates.

Author(s): Karpati FJ, Giacosa C, Foster NEV, Penhune VB, Hyde KL

Brain Res. 2017 02 15;1657:62-73 Authors: Karpati FJ, Giacosa C, Foster NEV, Penhune VB, Hyde KL

Article GUID: 27923638
Structural Covariance Analysis Reveals Differences Between Dancers and Untrained Controls.

Author(s): Karpati FJ, Giacosa C, Foster NEV, Penhune VB, Hyde KL

Front Hum Neurosci. 2018;12:373 Authors: Karpati FJ, Giacosa C, Foster NEV, Penhune VB, Hyde KL

Article GUID: 30319377
Title:Structural Covariance Analysis Reveals Differences Between Dancers and Untrained Controls.
Authors:Karpati FJ,  Giacosa C,  Foster NEV,  Penhune VB,  Hyde KL
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319377?dopt=Abstract
Category:Front Hum Neurosci
PMID:30319377
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, QC, Canada.
2 Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
3 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
4 Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Structural Covariance Analysis Reveals Differences Between Dancers and Untrained Controls.

Front Hum Neurosci. 2018;12:373

Authors: Karpati FJ, Giacosa C, Foster NEV, Penhune VB, Hyde KL

Abstract

Dancers and musicians differ in brain structure from untrained individuals. Structural covariance (SC) analysis can provide further insight into training-associated brain plasticity by evaluating interregional relationships in gray matter (GM) structure. The objectives of the present study were to compare SC of cortical thickness (CT) between expert dancers, expert musicians and untrained controls, as well as to examine the relationship between SC and performance on dance- and music-related tasks. A reduced correlation between CT in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and mean CT across the whole brain was found in the dancers compared to the controls, and a reduced correlation between these two CT measures was associated with higher performance on a dance video game task. This suggests that the left DLPFC is structurally decoupled in dancers and may be more strongly affected by local training-related factors than global factors in this group. This work provides a better understanding of structural brain connectivity and training-induced brain plasticity, as well as their interaction with behavior in dance and music.

PMID: 30319377 [PubMed]