Exploring brain functional plasticity in world class gymnasts: a network analysis

	Exploring brain functional plasticity in world class gymnasts: a network analysis
	Wang, Junjing 1; Lu, Min2 ; Fan, Yuanyuan 1; Wen, Xue 1; Zhang, Ruibin 1; Wang, Bin 1; Ma, Qing 1; Song, Zheng 3,4; He, Yong 3,4; Wang, Jun3,4
刊名	BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
	2016-09-01
卷号	221 期号:7 页码:3503-3519
关键词	Brain functional network Cerebellum Fronto-parietal network Cingulo-opercular network
ISSN号	1863-2653
英文摘要	Long-term motor skill learning can induce plastic structural and functional reorganization of the brain. Our previous studies detected brain structural plasticity related to long-term intensive gymnastic training in world class gymnasts (WCGs). The goal of this study was to investigate brain functional plasticity in WCGs by using network measures of brain functional networks. Specifically, we acquired resting-state fMRI data from 13 WCGs and 14 controls, constructed their brain functional networks, and compared the differences in their network parameters. At the whole brain level, we detected significantly decreased overall functional connectivity (FC) and decreased local and global efficiency in the WCGs compared to the controls. At the modular level, we found intra- and inter-modular reorganization in three modules, the cerebellum, the cingulo-opercular and fronto-parietal networks, in the WCGs. On the nodal level, we revealed significantly decreased nodal strength and efficiency in several non-rich club regions of these three modules in the WCGs. These results suggested that functional plasticity can be detected in the brain functional networks of WCGs, especially in the cerebellum, fronto-parietal network, and cingulo-opercular network. In addition, we found that the FC between the fronto-parietal network and the sensorimotor network was significantly negatively correlated with the number of years of training in the WCGs. These findings may help us to understand the outstanding gymnastic performance of the gymnasts and to reveal the neural mechanisms that distinguish WCGs from controls.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Anatomy & Morphology ; Neurosciences
研究领域[WOS]	Anatomy & Morphology ; Neurosciences & Neurology
关键词[WOS]	RICH-CLUB-ORGANIZATION ; RESTING-STATE FMRI ; GRAPH-THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ; BASAL GANGLIA ; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY ; TEMPORAL-LOBE ; GLOBAL SIGNAL ; MOTOR SYSTEM ; TASK CONTROL ; SKILL
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000382685700010
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/20532]
专题	心理研究所_应用研究版块
作者单位	1.South China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Ctr Study Appl Psychol, Guangdong Key Lab Mental Hlth & Cognit Sci, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Cognit Neurosci & Learning, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 4.Beijing Normal Univ, IDG McGovern Inst Brain Res, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Junjing,Lu, Min,Fan, Yuanyuan,et al. Exploring brain functional plasticity in world class gymnasts: a network analysis[J]. BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION,2016,221(7):3503-3519.
APA	Wang, Junjing.,Lu, Min.,Fan, Yuanyuan.,Wen, Xue.,Zhang, Ruibin.,...&Huang, Ruiwang.(2016).Exploring brain functional plasticity in world class gymnasts: a network analysis.BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION,221(7),3503-3519.
MLA	Wang, Junjing,et al."Exploring brain functional plasticity in world class gymnasts: a network analysis".BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION 221.7(2016):3503-3519.