White matter structure and myelin-related gene expression alterations with experience in adult rats
Sampaio-Baptista C, Vallès A, Khrapitchev A, Akkermans G, Winkler A, Foxley S, Sibson N, Roberts M, Miller K, Diamond M, Martens G, De Weerd P, Johansen-Berg H. White matter structure and myelin-related gene expression alterations with experience in adult rats. Progress In Neurobiology 2020, 187: 101770. PMID: 32001310, PMCID: PMC7086231, DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiffusion tensor imagingAdult ratsMRNA expressionMyelin basic protein mRNA expressionWM plasticityNeuronal activity modulationMBP protein expressionC-fos mRNA expressionMatter structuresAnalysis of myelinGray matter structuresProtein mRNA expressionWhite matter plasticityRegulation of myelinationWhite matter structuresBarrel cortexGene expression alterationsCortical activityMRNA expression analysisRNA sequencing analysisBrain structuresTensor imagingDTI differencesMacroscale measuresMolecular correlates