Differences in Cortical Representation and Structural Connectivity of Hands and Feet between Professional Handball Players and Ballet Dancers

<div>Probabilistic reconstruction of the corticospinal tracts (CSTs). (a) shows both, the spherical masks used for the VBM and the DTI analysis of the predefined hand areas in M1 (blue) and S1 (green) and (b) of the predefined foot areas in M1 (red) and S1 (yellow). (c–f) Probabilistic reconstruction of the WM fibres representing the mean CSTs of all ballet dancers (c and d) and all handball players (e and f), respectively, between the left- and the right-hemispheric hand areas (blue: M1, green: S1) and the left- and the right-hemispheric foot areas (red: M1, yellow: S1) and the brainstem (orange).</div>

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Figure 2: Differences in Cortical Representation and Structural Connectivity of Hands and Feet between Professional Handball Players and Ballet Dancers 

Figure 2 | Differences in Cortical Representation and Structural Connectivity of Hands and Feet between Professional Handball Players and Ballet Dancers 