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      Training-Induced Brain Structure Changes in the Elderly

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          It has been suggested that learning is associated with a transient and highly selective increase in brain gray matter in healthy young volunteers. It is not clear whether and to what extent the aging brain is still able to exhibit such structural plasticity. We built on our original study, now focusing on healthy senior citizens. We observed that elderly persons were able to learn three-ball cascade juggling, but with less proficiency compared with 20-year-old adolescents. Similar to the young group, gray-matter changes in the older brain related to skill acquisition were observed in area hMT/V5 (middle temporal area of the visual cortex). In addition, elderly volunteers who learned to juggle showed transient increases in gray matter in the hippocampus on the left side and in the nucleus accumbens bilaterally.

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          Journal
          J Neurosci
          J. Neurosci
          jneuro
          jneurosci
          J. Neurosci
          The Journal of Neuroscience
          Society for Neuroscience
          0270-6474
          1529-2401
          9 July 2008
          : 28
          : 28
          : 7031-7035
          Affiliations
          [1] 1Department of Systems Neuroscience, University of Hamburg, D-22046 Hamburg, Germany, and
          [2] 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Jena, 07740 Jena, Germany
          Author notes
          Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Arne May, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Neuroscience, University of Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, D-22046 Hamburg, Germany. a.may@ 123456uke.uni-hamburg.de
          Article
          PMC6670504 PMC6670504 6670504 3373062
          10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0742-08.2008
          6670504
          18614670
          5e2b1f47-1291-4499-bf9a-1ff50da24662
          Copyright © 2008 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/08/287031-05$15.00/0
          History
          : 18 February 2008
          : 17 April 2008
          : 22 May 2008
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          Development/Plasticity/Repair
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          voxel-based morphometry,hippocampus,brain,plasticity,learning,age

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