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Altered Spontaneous Regional Brain Activity in the Insula and Visual Areas of Professional Traditional Chinese Pingju Opera Actors

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Title
Altered Spontaneous Regional Brain Activity in the Insula and Visual Areas of Professional Traditional Chinese Pingju Opera Actors
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, July 2018
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2018.00450
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Weitao Zhang, Fangshi Zhao, Wen Qin, Lin Ma

Abstract

Recent resting-state fMRI studies have revealed neuroplastic alterations after long-term training. However, the neuroplastic changes that occur in professional traditional Chinese Pingju opera actors remain unclear. Twenty professional traditional Chinese Pingju opera actors and 20 age-, sex-, and handedness-matched laymen were recruited. Resting-state fMRI was obtained by using an echo-planar imaging sequence, and two metrics, amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and regional homogeneity (ReHo), were utilized to assess spontaneous neural activity during resting state. Our results demonstrated that compared with laymen, professional traditional Chinese Pingju actors exhibited significantly decreased ALFF in the bilateral calcarine gyrus and cuneus; decreased ReHo in the bilateral superior occipital and calcarine gyri, cuneus, and right middle occipital gyrus; and increased ReHo in the left anterior insula. In addition, no significant association was found between spontaneous neural activity and Pingju opera training duration. Overall, the changes observed in spontaneous brain activity in professional traditional Chinese Pingju opera actors may indicate their superior performance of multidimensional professional skills, such as music and face perception, dancing, and emotional representation.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 37 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 14%
Student > Master 4 11%
Professor 3 8%
Researcher 3 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Other 6 16%
Unknown 14 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 6 16%
Psychology 6 16%
Arts and Humanities 3 8%
Sports and Recreations 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 14 38%
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