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Six Months of Piano Training in Healthy Elderly Stabilizes White Matter Microstructure in the Fornix, Compared to an Active Control Group.
Jünemann, Kristin; Marie, Damien; Worschech, Florian; Scholz, Daniel S; Grouiller, Frédéric; Kliegel, Matthias; Van De Ville, Dimitri; James, Clara E; Krüger, Tillmann H C; Altenmüller, Eckart; Sinke, Christopher.
  • Jünemann K; Division of Clinical Psychology & Sexual Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
  • Marie D; Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hanover, Germany.
  • Worschech F; Geneva Musical Minds Lab, Geneva School of Health Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Scholz DS; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Grouiller F; Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hanover, Germany.
  • Kliegel M; Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover, Germany.
  • Van De Ville D; Center for Systems Neuroscience, Hanover, Germany.
  • James CE; Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover, Germany.
  • Krüger THC; Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Altenmüller E; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Sinke C; Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Front Aging Neurosci ; 14: 817889, 2022.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35242025
ABSTRACT
While aging is characterized by neurodegeneration, musical training is associated with experience-driven brain plasticity and protection against age-related cognitive decline. However, evidence for the positive effects of musical training mostly comes from cross-sectional studies while randomized controlled trials with larger sample sizes are rare. The current study compares the influence of six months of piano training with music listening/musical culture lessons in 121 musically naïve healthy elderly individuals with regard to white matter properties using fixel-based analysis. Analyses revealed a significant fiber density decline in the music listening/musical culture group (but not in the piano group), after six months, in the fornix, which is a white matter tract that naturally declines with age. In addition, these changes in fiber density positively correlated to episodic memory task performances and the amount of weekly piano training. These findings not only provide further evidence for the involvement of the fornix in episodic memory encoding but also more importantly show that learning to play the piano at an advanced age may stabilize white matter microstructure of the fornix.
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article