title: Changes in brain structure during learning: fact or artifact? Reply to Thomas and Baker.
abstract: In their review in this issue, Thomas and Baker question the validity of longitudinal human neuroimaging studies that have claimed to demonstrate structural plasticity. This commentary identifies problems with some of the arguments raised in their review and suggests that there is strong evidence, from both animal and human studies, that experience can alter brain structure.
authors.affiliation: Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 35 Lincoln Drive, Bldg. 35, Room 2A211, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. fieldsd@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: R Douglas
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fields
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*