Inducing brain growth by pure thought: Can learning and practice change the structure of the cortex?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1836-1837

  Levy, L M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDITORIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERSONALITY; THINKING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); THINKING;

EID: 36448931238     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0724     Document Type: Editorial

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