[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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] White matter structure and myelin-related gene expression alterations with experience in adult rats

C Sampaio-Baptista, A Vallès, AA Khrapitchev… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
White matter (WM) plasticity during adulthood is a recently described phenomenon by which
experience can shape brain structure. It has been observed in humans using diffusion …

[HTML][HTML] Relevance of structural brain connectivity to learning and recovery from stroke

H Johansen-Berg, J Scholz, CJ Stagg - Frontiers in systems …, 2010 - frontiersin.org
The physical structure of white matter fiber bundles constrains their function. Any behavior
that relies on transmission of signals along a particular pathway will therefore be influenced …