Long-term training affects cerebellar processing in skilled keyboard players

Koeneke, Susan; Lutz, Kai; Wüstenberg, Torsten; Jäncke, Lutz

doi:10.1097/01.wnr.0000127463.10147.e7

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“…Cerebellar functional and morphologic asymmetry has a complex pattern which is evident in both motor and higher cognitive cerebellar activities (Hu, Shen, & Zhou, 2008; Koeneke, Lutz, Wüstenberg, & Jäncke, 2004; Matsumura et al., 2004; Rosch, Ronan, Cherkas, & Gurd, 2010; Wang et al., 2013). Cerebellar motor function is primarily, although not solely, related to movements of the ipsilateral body side (Kim et al., 1993).…”

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High‐angular resolution diffusion imaging tractography of cerebellar pathways from newborns to young adults

Levman

Lim

et al. 2016

Brain and Behavior

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IntroductionMany neurologic and psychiatric disorders are thought to be due to, or result in, developmental errors in neuronal cerebellar connectivity. In this connectivity analysis, we studied the developmental time‐course of cerebellar peduncle pathways in pediatric and young adult subjects.MethodsA cohort of 80 subjects, newborns to young adults, was studied on a 3T MR system with 30 diffusion‐weighted measurements with high‐angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) tractography.ResultsQualitative and quantitative results were analyzed for age‐based variation. In subjects of all ages, the superior cerebellar peduncle pathway (SCP) and two distinct subpathways of the middle cerebellar peduncle (MCP), as described in previous ex vivo studies, were identified in vivo with this technique: pathways between the rostral pons and inferior‐lateral cerebellum (MCP cog), associated predominantly with higher cognitive function, and pathways between the caudal pons and superior‐medial cerebellum (MCP mot), associated predominantly with motor function.DiscussionOur findings showed that the inferior cerebellar peduncle pathway (ICP), involved primarily in proprioception and balance appears to have a later onset followed by more rapid development than that exhibited in other tracts. We hope that this study may provide an initial point of reference for future studies of normal and pathologic development of cerebellar connectivity.

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High‐angular resolution diffusion imaging tractography of cerebellar pathways from newborns to young adults

Levman

Lim

et al. 2016

Brain and Behavior

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“…These ROI findings provide important information for the training-related functional reorganization. For example, Koeneke et al (2004) found significant differences between pianists and nonmusicians in the whole-brain analysis. Nevertheless, when the analysis was restricted to the a priori defined cerebellar volume, the authors found significant differences between pianists and non-musicians within the vermis and in the cerebellar cortices.…”

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“…Previous research has indicated that motor training can modulate cerebellar activation. For instance, Koeneke et al (2004) found that while performing unimanual and bimanual finger movements, skilled keyboard players showed less cerebellar activity than did control participants. The authors conclude that motor training reduces the number of neurons Although the current meta-analysis indicates that motor experts show cortical reorganization during motor task performance as compared with novices, several factors might influence the results.…”

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The influence of motor expertise on the brain activity of motor task performance: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

Yang

2014

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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Previous research has investigated the influence of long-term motor training on the brain activity of motor processes, but the findings are inconsistent. To clarify how acquiring motor expertise induces cortical reorganization during motor task performance, the current study conducted a quantitative meta-analysis on 26 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies that investigate motor task performance in people with long-term motor training experience (e.g., athletes, musicians, and dancers) and control participants. Meta-analysis of the brain activation in motor experts and novices showed similar effects in the bilateral frontal and parietal regions. The meta-analysis on the contrast between motor experts and novices indicated that experts showed stronger effects in the left inferior parietal lobule (BA 40) than did novices in motor execution and prediction tasks. In motor observation tasks, experts showed stronger effects in the left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 9) and left precentral gyrus (BA 6) than novices. On the contrary, novices had stronger effects in the right motor areas and basal ganglia as compared with motor experts. These results indicate that motor experts have effect increases in brain areas involved in action planning and action comprehension, and suggest that intensive motor training might elaborate the motor representation related to the task performance.

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“…In the execution of motor function, cerebellum is the only brain structure outside the cortex that is involved, coordinating the movement with precision and timing (Koeneke et al, 2004b;Lutz et al, 2005). However, it does not involve in the initiation of the movement which is known to be triggered in BA4 and BA6.…”

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Assessing Human Cortical Activation and Network During Pitch Discrimination Task in Quiet and in Noisy Background

Yusoff¹,

Hamid²,

Mohamad³

et al. 2013

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In spite of extensive research conducted in studying pitch memory processing, knowledge about the functional anatomy of the brain while performing pitch discrimination task is still lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of background noise and tonal frequencies on brain activation during a pitch discrimination task. Thirteen participants were presented with categories of low-and high-frequency tones during an fMRI scan. They listen, recognize and discriminate the target tone with the last tone in a series of four distracting tones. Cortical responses during which the participants engaged with the pitch discrimination task were explored globally and differentially with tonal frequency and background condition as factors. Similar integrative network consisting of bilateral superior temporal gyrus, pre-central gyrus, cerebellum, insula, putamen, inferior parietal lobe and supplementary motor area is established during the four pitch discrimination task conditions. The bilateral A1 and right M1 are effectively activated by noise and action respectively. Background noise increases the participants' performance hence equalizing that in quiet, while participants performed significantly better in discriminating low-frequency tones as compared to high-frequency tones. This study revealed an integrative network that consists of areas responsible for pitch discrimination strategy. The bilateral primary auditory cortex played important roles in increasing participants' pitch discrimination performance in noisy surrounding and in discriminating low frequency category of tones.

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Long-term training affects cerebellar processing in skilled keyboard players

Cited by 100 publications

References 28 publications

High‐angular resolution diffusion imaging tractography of cerebellar pathways from newborns to young adults

High‐angular resolution diffusion imaging tractography of cerebellar pathways from newborns to young adults

The influence of motor expertise on the brain activity of motor task performance: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

Assessing Human Cortical Activation and Network During Pitch Discrimination Task in Quiet and in Noisy Background

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