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doi: 10.1038/nn1516. Epub 2005 Aug 7.

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Comparative Study

Extensive piano practicing has regionally specific effects on white matter development

Sara L Bengtsson et al. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

Using diffusion tensor imaging, we investigated effects of piano practicing in childhood, adolescence and adulthood on white matter, and found positive correlations between practicing and fiber tract organization in different regions for each age period. For childhood, practicing correlations were extensive and included the pyramidal tract, which was more structured in pianists than in non-musicians. Long-term training within critical developmental periods may thus induce regionally specific plasticity in myelinating tracts.

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• Practice makes plasticity.
  Steele CJ, Zatorre RJ. Steele CJ, et al. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Dec;21(12):1645-1646. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0280-4. Nat Neurosci. 2018. PMID: 30482944 No abstract available.

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