Extensive piano practicing has regionally specific effects on white matter development
Extensive piano practicing has regionally specific effects on white matter development
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DOI：
10.1038/nn1516
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
影响因子：
25
通讯作者：
Ullén, F
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作者：
Bengtsson, SL;Nagy, Z;Ullén, F
利用弥散张量成像技术，我们研究了儿童期、青少年期和成年期钢琴练习对白色物质的影响，发现每个年龄段不同区域的钢琴练习与纤维束组织正相关。在童年时期，练习的相关性是广泛的，包括锥体束，这是更结构化的钢琴家比非音乐家。因此，在关键发育期的长期训练可能会诱导髓鞘束的区域特异性可塑性。
Using diffusion tensor imaging, we investigated effects of piano practicing in childhood, adolescence and adulthood on white matter, and found positive correlations between practicing and fiber tract organization in different regions for each age period. For childhood, practicing correlations were extensive and included the pyramidal tract, which was more structured in pianists than in non-musicians. Long-term training within critical developmental periods may thus induce regionally specific plasticity in myelinating tracts.