Training induces changes in white matter architecture

By J. Scholz, M. Klein, Timothy Edward John Behrens, Heidi Johansen-Berg. Nature Neuroscience, 2009

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Although experience-dependent structural changes have been found in adult gray matter, there is little evidence for such changes in white matter. Using diffusion imaging, we detected a localized increase in fractional anisotropy, a measure of microstructure, in white matter underlying the intraparietal sulcus following training of a complex visuo-motor skill. This provides, to the best of our knowledge, the first evidence for training-related changes in white-matter structure in the healthy human adult brain.

Subfields: Psychiatry and Mental health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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