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- Title
Calculation of hippocampus volume using volbrain (HIPS) in guitar players and non-players.
- Authors
Kibar, Cansu; Yenigül, Hatice; Coşkun, Özge; Bagheri, Hassan; Acer, Niyazi
- Abstract
Objective: The hippocampus is an anatomical structure located in the central nervous system as a part of the limbic system. Functionally, it has an important role in memory, direction finding and learning. There have been many neuroimaging studies examining the effects of music on the human brain. This study aims to compare total and segmental hippocampal volumes of guitar players and non-players on magnetic resonance (MR) images. Methods: 10 people who played the guitar and 10 people who did not play the guitar (control group) were included in our study. High-resolution T1-weighted 3D Magnetization Prepared Rapid Gradient Echo (MPRAGE) images of people of similar age range were used for the volumetric analysis of the hippocampus and its subfields. Data analyzes were performed using 'Volbrain (v1.0, https://volbrain.upv.es)-HIPpocampus subfield Segmentation (HIPS)', a free online system that performs hippocampal automatic segmentation. The results were obtained as the ratio of the hippocampus and its subfields to the whole brain, along with the volumes. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the volume values of the hippocampus and its subfields in the guitar playing and non-playing groups (p>0.05). However, the ratio of total hippocampus volume to whole brain, the ratio of total volume of CA1 to whole brain, and the ratio of total volume of CA2-CA3 to whole brain were found to be minimally higher in the guitar playing group than in the non-playing group. Conclusion: Although there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in our study, which was conducted with a mean age of 22 and a total of 20 people, we think that studies conducted in a larger population will give more precise results.
- Subjects
GUITARISTS; LIMBIC system; CENTRAL nervous system; GUITAR playing; VOLUMETRIC analysis; HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain); HIP joint
- Publication
Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy, 2023, Vol 17, p31
- ISSN
1307-8798
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2399/ana.23.001s