Research progress in neuroimaging techniques for quantifying athletes'brain
10.7644/j.issn.1674-9960.2025.02.010
- VernacularTitle:神经检测技术量化运动员脑特征的研究进展
- Author:
Ying YU
1
;
Liqing ZHANG
;
Lijuan WANG
;
Fengxue QI
Author Information
1. 北京体育大学,北京 100084
- Keywords:
athletes;
brain;
training monitor;
neuroimaging techniques
- From:
Military Medical Sciences
2025;49(2):144-151
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Neuroimaging techniques are tools used to investigate and monitor the activity of the nervous system.This study reviews studies that have attempted to quantify athletes'brain using neuroimaging techniques,and summarizes the specific changes in athletes'brain as evidenced by structural magnetic resonance imaging,functional magnetic resonance imaging,functional near-infrared spectroscopy,transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography.Open-skill sports have been found to increase the brain volume and resting-state functional connectivity related to athletes'executive control,somatosensory processing,vision,and balance coordination,whereas closed-skill sports may decrease the brain volume and resting-state functional connectivity related to athletes'episodic memory,emotional processing and executive functions.Brain regions associated with executive functions,body awareness,motor learning,and episodic memory exhibit stronger activation during tasks.Athletes demonstrate higher neural excitability and neural efficiency.The association between sports training and the brain should be explored through multimodal neuroimaging techniques,which will play a significant role in athlete selection,real-time status monitoring and long-term training supervision.
