Maxie Liebscher, Andrea Dell'Orco, Johanna Doll-Lee, Katharina Buerger, Peter Dechent, Michael Ewers, Klaus Fliessbach, Wenzel Glanz, Stefan Hetzer, Daniel Janowitz, Ingo Kilimann, Christoph Laske, Falk Lüsebrink, Matthias Munk, Robert Perneczky, Oliver Peters, Lukas Preis, Josef Priller, Boris Rauchmann, Ayda Rostamzadeh, Nina Roy-Kluth, Klaus Scheffler, Anja Schneider, Björn H Schott, Annika Spottke, Eike Spruth, Stefan Teipel, Jens Wiltfang, Frank Jessen, Emrah Düzel, Michael Wagner, Sandra Röske, Miranka Wirth
BACKGROUND: Participation in multimodal leisure activities, such as playing a musical instrument, may be protective against brain aging and dementia in older adults (OA). Potential neuroprotective correlates underlying musical activity remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study investigated the association between lifetime musical activity and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) in three higher-order brain networks: the Default Mode, Fronto-Parietal, and Salience networks...
2024: PloS One