Experience-dependent plasticity of white-matter microstructure extends into old age
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Experience-dependent plasticity of white-matter microstructure extends into old age
Experience-dependent alterations in the human brain's white-matter microstructure occur in early adulthood, but it is unknown whether such plasticity extends throughout life. We used cognitive training, diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI), and structural MRI to investigate plasticity of the white-matter tracts that connect the left and right hemisphere of the frontal lobes. Over a period of about 18...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychologia
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0028-3932
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.08.026