[Toward to Understanding of Athletes' Brain]

Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games in 2020 is coming up next year. The interest in sports has been growing ever especially in Japan. People marvels at the excellent performance in athletes. They spend same practices for many years. It is well known that practice causes strengthen of muscles and cardiovascular system. However it remains largely unclear how the brain structure and function in of these athletes differ from those of novices. Here, we reviews the recent findings that are trying to understand athlete's brain in neuroanatomical and physiological point of views.