Ballroom Dancing Promotes Neural Activity in the Sensorimotor System: A Resting-State fMRI Study

Joint Authors

Lu, Yingzhi
Zhao, Qi
Wang, Yingying
Zhou, Chenglin

Source

Neural Plasticity

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-04-26

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Biology
Medicine

Abstract EN

Objective.

This study aims at investigating differences in the spontaneous brain activity and functional connectivity in the sensorimotor system between ballroom dancers and nondancers, to further support the functional alteration in people with expertise.

Materials and Methods.

Twenty-three ballroom dancers and twenty-one matched novices with no dance experience were recruited in this study.

Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and seed-based functional connectivity, as methods for assessing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data, were used to reveal the resting-state brain function in these participants.

Results.

Compared to the novices, ballroom dancers showed increased ALFF in the left middle temporal gyrus, bilateral precentral gyrus, bilateral inferior frontal gyrus, left postcentral gyrus, left inferior temporal gyrus, right middle occipital gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus, and left middle frontal gyrus.

The ballroom dancers also demonstrated lower ALFF in the left lingual gyrus and altered functional connectivity between the inferior frontal gyrus and temporal, parietal regions.

Conclusions.

Our results indicated that ballroom dancers showed elevated neural activity in sensorimotor regions relative to novices and functional alterations in frontal-temporal and frontal-parietal connectivity, which may reflect specific training experience related to ballroom dancing, including high-capacity action perception, attentional control, and movement adjustment.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Lu, Yingzhi& Zhao, Qi& Wang, Yingying& Zhou, Chenglin. 2018. Ballroom Dancing Promotes Neural Activity in the Sensorimotor System: A Resting-State fMRI Study. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1209977

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Lu, Yingzhi…[et al.]. Ballroom Dancing Promotes Neural Activity in the Sensorimotor System: A Resting-State fMRI Study. Neural Plasticity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Lu, Yingzhi& Zhao, Qi& Wang, Yingying& Zhou, Chenglin. Ballroom Dancing Promotes Neural Activity in the Sensorimotor System: A Resting-State fMRI Study. Neural Plasticity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1209977

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1209977