title: Human structural plasticity at record speed.
abstract: How rapidly does learning shape our brains? A new study in this issue of Neuron by Sagi et al. (2012) that uses diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in both humans and rats suggests that just 2 hr of spatial learning is sufficient to change brain structure.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. heidi@fmrib.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johansen-Berg
authors.forename: Cassandra Sampaio
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Adam G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*