[HTML][HTML] Increased myelination plays a central role in white matter neuroplasticity

ED Kirby, TO Frizzell, LA Grajauskas, X Song… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
White matter (WM) neuroplasticity in the human brain has been tracked non-invasively using
advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques, with increasing evidence for improved …

Imaging functional neuroplasticity in human white matter tracts

TO Frizzell, E Phull, M Khan, X Song… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies are sensitive to biological mechanisms of
neuroplasticity in white matter (WM). In particular, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been …

Motor skill acquisition promotes human brain myelin plasticity

B Lakhani, MR Borich, JN Jackson… - Neural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Experience‐dependent structural changes are widely evident in gray matter. Using diffusion
weighted imaging (DWI), the neuroplastic effect of motor training on white matter in the brain …

White matter neuroplasticity: Motor learning activates the internal capsule and reduces hemodynamic response variability

TO Frizzell, LA Grajauskas, CC Liu… - Frontiers in Human …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Numerous studies have noted the importance of white matter changes in motor learning, but
existing literature only focuses on structural and microstructural MRI changes, as there are …

[HTML][HTML] Motor skill learning induces changes in white matter microstructure and myelination

C Sampaio-Baptista, AA Khrapitchev… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Learning a novel motor skill is associated with well characterized structural and functional
plasticity in the rodent motor cortex. Furthermore, neuroimaging studies of visuomotor …

White matter microstructural changes in short-term learning of a continuous visuomotor sequence

SA Tremblay, AT Jäger, J Huck, C Giacosa… - Brain Structure and …, 2021 - Springer
Efficient neural transmission is crucial for optimal brain function, yet the plastic potential of
white matter (WM) has long been overlooked. Growing evidence now shows that …

Plasticity in deep and superficial white matter: a DTI study in world class gymnasts

F Deng, L Zhao, C Liu, M Lu, S Zhang, H Huang… - Brain Structure and …, 2018 - Springer
Brain white matter (WM) could be generally categorized into two types, deep and superficial
WM. Studies combining these two types WM are important for a better understanding of …

Learning-related contraction of gray matter in rodent sensorimotor cortex is associated with adaptive myelination

T Mediavilla, Ö Özalay, HM Estévez-Silva, B Frias… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
From observations in rodents, it has been suggested that the cellular basis of learning-
dependent changes, detected using structural MRI, may be increased dendritic spine …

White matter plasticity in the corticospinal tract of musicians: a diffusion tensor imaging study

A Imfeld, MS Oechslin, M Meyer, T Loenneker… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
With the advent of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the study of plastic changes in white matter
architecture due to long-term practice has attracted increasing interest. Professional …

fMRI neurofeedback in the motor system elicits bidirectional changes in activity and in white matter structure in the adult human brain

C Sampaio-Baptista, HF Neyedli, ZB Sanders… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
White matter (WM) plasticity supports skill learning and memory. Up-and downregulation of
brain activity in animal models lead to WM alterations. But can bidirectional brain-activity …