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. 2020 Aug 5;107(3):401-403.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.017.

Precision Neuroimaging Opens a New Chapter of Neuroplasticity Experimentation

Damien A Fair  1 , B T Thomas Yeo  2
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Precision Neuroimaging Opens a New Chapter of Neuroplasticity Experimentation

Damien A Fair et al. Neuron. .

Abstract

Characterizing the brain's ability to adapt to changing environments has been at the forefront of neuroscience for decades. In this issue of Neuron, Newbold et al. build on this neuroplasticity work using precision neuroimaging and arm casting to unmask previously unknown pulses of spontaneous activity.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Interests D.A.F. is a patent holder on the Framewise Integrated Real-Time Motion Monitoring (FIRMM) software. He is also a co-founder of Nous Imaging Inc. His university has put in place a plan to help ensure that this work is not affected by any financial interest.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Spontaneous activity pulses in disused somato-motor circuits.
(A) Example resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) signals from left and right primary somatomotor cortex (L-SM1ue and R-SM1ue) during the cast period. (B) Recordings of 144 spontaneous activity pulses detected in an example participant.
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Comment on

  • Plasticity and Spontaneous Activity Pulses in Disused Human Brain Circuits.
    Newbold DJ, Laumann TO, Hoyt CR, Hampton JM, Montez DF, Raut RV, Ortega M, Mitra A, Nielsen AN, Miller DB, Adeyemo B, Nguyen AL, Scheidter KM, Tanenbaum AB, Van AN, Marek S, Schlaggar BL, Carter AR, Greene DJ, Gordon EM, Raichle ME, Petersen SE, Snyder AZ, Dosenbach NUF. Newbold DJ, et al. Neuron. 2020 Aug 5;107(3):580-589.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.007. Epub 2020 Jun 16. Neuron. 2020. PMID: 32778224 Free PMC article.

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