Training induces changes in white-matter architecture.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Scholz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2770457 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature