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ArticleJournal of anatomy2025

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

F Spani, F Carducci, C Piervincenzi, T D Ben-Soussan, C A Mallio, C C Quattrocchi

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6 authors.

F SpaniDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9577-8875
F CarducciNeuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome (IT), Rome, Italy.
C PiervincenziDepartment of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
T D Ben-SoussanResearch Institute for Neuroscience, Education and Didactics (RINED), Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, Assisi, Italy.
C A MallioDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Research Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
C C QuattrocchiCentre for Medical Sciences-CISMed, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

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 cm

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Cerebral CortexMeditationNeuronal PlasticityAdultFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleYoung Adult3D brain cortexgeneralized procrustes surface analysismagnetic resonance imagingmindfulnesssensorimotor trainingshape variation

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PMCPMC11996713

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