Structural brain plasticity in adult learning and development

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2296-2310

  Lövdén, Martin ^a,b   Wenger, Elisabeth ^b   Mårtensson, Johan ^b,c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^b   Bäckman, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain volume; Experience dependent plasticity; Learning; Neuroplasticity; Structural brain changes; Structural brain plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; BRAIN VOLUME; EXPERIENCE-DEPENDENT PLASTICITY; LEARNING; NEUROPLASTICITY; STRUCTURAL BRAIN CHANGES; STRUCTURAL BRAIN PLASTICITY;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84888856323     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.02.014     Document Type: Review

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