Assessing brain neuroplasticity: Surface morphometric analysis of cortical changes induced by Quadrato motor training.

ABSTRACT: Morphological markers for brain plasticity are still lacking and their findings are challenged by the extreme variability of cortical brain surface. Trying to overcome the "correspondence problem," we applied a landmark-free method (the generalized procrustes surface analysis (GPSA)) for investigating the shape variation of cortical surface in a group of 40 healthy volunteers (i.e., the practice group) subjected to daily motor training known as Quadrato motor training (QMT). QMT is a sensorimotor walking meditation that aims at balancing body, cognition, and emotion. More specifically, QMT requires coordination and attention and consists of moving in one of three possible directions on corners of a 50 × 50 cm². Brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of practice group (acquired a

SUBMITTER: Spani F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11996713 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature