Disentangling Tinnitus Distress and Tinnitus Presence by Means of EEG Power Analysis by Martin Meyer, Matthias S. Luethi, Patrick Neff, Nicolas Langer, Stefan Büchi

“…These independent states are distress and presence, the latter is described as the perceived intensity of sound experience that increases with tinnitus duration devoid of any considerable emotional burden. Neuroplastic changes correlate with the two independent components. …”
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Learning a Second Language in Adulthood Changes Subcortical Neural Encoding by Dongxin Liu, Shuo Wang, Qi Gao, Ruijuan Dong, Xinxing Fu, Esther Pugh, Jiong Hu

“…Most of the studies on second language learning and neuroplasticity have been focused on cortical areas, whereas the subcortical neural encoding mechanism and its relationship with L2 learning have not been examined extensively. …”
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Test-Retest Reliability of Homeostatic Plasticity in the Human Primary Motor Cortex by Tribikram Thapa, Siobhan M. Schabrun

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No Effect of Anodal tDCS on Verbal Episodic Memory Performance and Neurotransmitter Levels in Young and Elderly Participants by Annegret Habich, Johannes Slotboom, Jessica Peter, Roland Wiest, Stefan Klöppel

“…Studies showed that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) may counteract this cognitive deterioration by increasing excitability and inducing neuroplasticity in the targeted cortical region. While stimulation gains are more consistent in initial low performers, relying solely on behavioural measures to predict treatment benefits does not suffice for a reliable implementation of this method as a therapeutic option. …”
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Effects of home-based mirror therapy and cognitive therapeutic exercise on the improvement of the upper extremity functions in patients with severe hemiparesis after a stroke: a pr... by Josefa Gonzalez-Santos, Raul Soto-Camara, Paula Rodriguez-Fernández, Maria Jimenez-Barrios, Jeronimo Gonzalez-Bernal, Carla Collazo-Riobo, Maha Jahouh, Yolanda Bravo-Anguiano, Jose M Trejo-Gabriel-Galan

“…Introduction Neuroplasticity is defined as the capacity of the brain to reorganise new neuronal pathways. …”
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Growth Hormone Increases BDNF and mTOR Expression in Specific Brain Regions after Photothrombotic Stroke in Mice by Sonia Sanchez-Bezanilla, Daniel J. Beard, Rebecca J. Hood, N. David Åberg, Patricia Crock, Frederick R. Walker, Michael Nilsson, Jörgen Isgaard, Lin Kooi Ong

“…We have shown that growth hormone (GH) treatment poststroke increases neuroplasticity in peri-infarct areas and the hippocampus, improving motor and cognitive outcomes. …”
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Plasticity of the Central Nervous System Involving Peripheral Nerve Transfer by Jun Shen

“…Hopefully, it will help surgeons perform successful nerve transfer under the guidance of modern concepts in neuroplasticity.…”
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Transcranial direct current stimulation for patients with walking difficulties caused by cerebral small vessel disease: a randomized controlled study by Qiaoqiao Xu, Qiaoqiao Xu, Wenwen Yin, Xia Zhou, Shuo Wang, Sishi Chen, Jiajia Yang, Chunhua Xi, Zhongwu Sun

“…Tolerance to tDCS was good, with no difference in adverse reactions between the groups, except for a scalp burning sensation reported during the 1st week (24.24% and 6.06% in the tDCS and Sham groups, respectively; P = 0.003).DiscussionLong-term tDCS is effective and safe for improving neuroplasticity and gait cognition in patients with CSVD.…”
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Effect of open and locked exercise on cognitive function in older adults by Yuping Zou

“…Results: Open sports can effectively improve attention, executive function and cognitive flexibility in the elderly, and closed sports can have positive effects on memory and concentration by enhancing brain neuroplasticity and regulating neurotransmitters. Conclusion: although two types of movement on the cognitive function of the elderly has its emphasis, but overall, compared with closed movement, open movement in the elderly specific cognitive function (such as executive function, inhibitory control, task conversion, etc.) show more prominent effect, and help to reduce the brain caused by the age of atrophy and the risk of neurodegenerative changes. …”
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Neural Hyperactivity of the Central Auditory System in Response to Peripheral Damage by Yi Zhao, Qiang Song, Xinyi Li, Chunyan Li

“…In fact, despite intricate internal neuroplasticity and diverse external symptoms, several classical injury models provide a feasible path to locate responses to different peripheral cochlear lesions. …”
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The Emerging Perspective of Morphine Tolerance: MicroRNAs by Teng J. Zhang, Yong Qiu, Zhen Hua

“…MicroRNAs are noncoding RNAs that have been proposed to regulate gene expression and degradation at the posttranscriptional level, including the MOR, as well as synaptic plasticity and neuroplasticity, in both the peripheral and central nervous systems. …”
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Plasticity of the Dorsal “Spatial” Stream in Visually Deprived Individuals by Giulia Dormal, Franco Lepore, Olivier Collignon

“…Bringing together evidence from cataract-reversal individuals, early- and late-blind individuals and sight-recovery cases of long-standing blindness, we suggest that the dorsal “spatial” pathway is mostly plastic early in life and is then more resistant to subsequent experience once it is set, highlighting some limits of neuroplasticity.…”
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How learning to read Braille in visual and tactile domains reorganizes the sighted brain by Maciej Gaca, Alicja M. Olszewska, Dawid Droździel, Agnieszka Kulesza, Małgorzata Paplińska, Bartosz Kossowski, Katarzyna Jednoróg, Jacek Matuszewski, Aleksandra M. Herman, Artur Marchewka

“…No study has employed a complex reading task to monitor neural activity during the first weeks of Braille training. Since neuroplasticity can occur within days, understanding neural reorganization during early learning stages is critical. …”
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Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of the Evidence, Possible Biological Mechanisms, and Recommendations for Exercise Prescription by Adria Quigley, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Gail Eskes

“…Attention then turns to four main biological mechanisms that appear to underlie exercise-induced cognitive improvement, including the upregulation of growth factors and neuroplasticity, inhibition of inflammatory biomarker production, improved vascular function, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation. …”
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Effect of Opioid on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis by Yue Zhang, Horace H. Loh, Ping-Yee Law

“…We further look into the future directions in studying the convergence between the adult neurogenesis field and opioid addiction field, since the adult-born granular cells were shown to play a role in neuroplasticity and may help to reduce the vulnerability to drug craving and relapse.…”
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Progress of the Target Selection and Localization of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Upper Limb Function after Stroke by LIU Canhuan, SHEN Ying, DAI Wenjun, GUO Chuan, CHENG Yihui, ZHU Yi, WANG Tong

“…Currently, rehabilitation techniques for improving post-stroke upper limb motor function, both domestically and internationally, primarily involve motor function training.Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), because it can enhance upper limb motor function recovery by modulating cortical excitability and promoting neuroplasticity, has been increasingly used in stroke rehabilitation and has been included in the guideline as a grade A recommendation.However, there is still large heterogeneity in the relevant clinical studies, and the therapeutic effect is affected by factors such as different target selection and target localization accuracy. …”
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Cholecystokinin facilitates the formation of long-term heterosynaptic plasticity in the distal subiculum by Fengwen Huang, Abdul Baset, Stephen Temitayo Bello, Xi Chen, Jufang He

“…Cholecystokinin (CCK), is the most abundant neuropeptide in the central nervous system, which broadly regulates the animal’s physiological status at multiple levels, including neuroplasticity and its behavioral consequences. Here, we uncover that exogenous CCK potentiates the excitatory synaptic transmission in the CA1-SUB projections via CCK-B receptor. …”
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Case report: Significant lesion reduction and neural structural changes following ibogaine treatments for multiple sclerosis by David Qixiang Chen, José Adalberto Inzunza Domínguez, Juan Manuel Valle Uzeta, Abhiram P. Pushparaj, Abhiram P. Pushparaj, Jonathan E. Dickinson

“…These findings suggest that ibogaine may promote neuroplasticity and modulate neurocircuitry involved in MS pathology.…”
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Neural plasticity in early potters: Shape analysis and TMS-EEG co-registration trace the rise of a new motor skill. by Vanessa Forte, Luisa Sartori, Antonino Visalli, Mustafa Yildirim, Gaspare Galati, Massimo Vidale, Emanuela Faresin, Antonino Vallesi

“…Archaeological methods were integrated with neuroscience techniques to explore the impact on neuroplasticity resulting from the introduction of early pottery techniques. …”
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An fMRI study on the generalization of motor learning after brain actuated supernumerary robot training by Yuan Liu, Shuaifei Huang, Weiguo Xu, Zhuang Wang, Dong Ming

“…However, few studies are on the learning generalization of BCI-actuated supernumerary robotic finger (BCI-SRF) for human-machine interaction training, and no studies have explored its longitudinal neuroplasticity mechanisms. Here, 20 healthy right-handed participants were recruited and randomly assigned to BCI-SRF group or inborn finger group (Finger) for 4-week training and measured by novel SRF-finger opposition sequences and multimodal MRI. …”
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