The plastic human brain

Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus

1998 • 6,181 citations

The basis of anisotropic water diffusion in the nervous system – a technical review

2002 • 4,349 citations

More hippocampal neurons in adult mice living in an enriched environment

1997 • 3,476 citations

Changes in grey matter induced by training

2004 • 2,236 citations

EXPERT AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE: Evidence of Maximal Adaptation to Task Constraints

1996 • 2,024 citations

An in vivo correlate of exercise-induced neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus

2007 • 1,288 citations

Structural plasticity in the bilingual brain

2004 • 944 citations

The musician's brain as a model of neuroplasticity

2002 • 922 citations

Musical Training Shapes Structural Brain Development

2009 • 858 citations

Increased corpus callosum size in musicians

1995 • 775 citations

In Vivo Evidence of Structural Brain Asymmetry in Musicians

1995 • 743 citations

Training-Induced Brain Structure Changes in the Elderly

2008 • 648 citations

Functional-anatomic correlates of remembering and knowing

2004 • 442 citations

The brain of musicians. A model for functional and structural adaptation.

2001 • 424 citations

Distinctions between dorsal and ventral premotor areas: anatomical connectivity and functional properties

2007 • 421 citations

Motor cortex and hand motor skills: Structural compliance in the human brain

1997 • 419 citations

Mapping perception to action in piano practice: a longitudinal DC-EEG study.

2003 • 361 citations

Functional Anatomy of Musical Perception in Musicians

2001 • 340 citations

Cortical activations in primary and secondary motor areas for complex bimanual movements in professional pianists

2000 • 328 citations

Voxel-Based Morphometry Reveals Increased Gray Matter Density in Broca's Area in Male Symphony Orchestra Musicians

2002 • 319 citations

Absolute pitch: perception, coding, and controversies

2004 • 288 citations

Playing piano in the mind—an fMRI study on music imagery and performance in pianists

2004 • 284 citations

Repetitive Microstimulation Alters the Cortical Representation of Movements in Adult Rats

1990 • 273 citations

Cortical activation patterns during complex motor tasks in piano players and control subjects. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

2000 • 266 citations

Experience-dependent neural substrates involved in vocal pitch regulation during singing

2008 • 245 citations

Axonal development in the cerebral white matter of the human fetus and infant

2005 • 201 citations

Hand Skill Asymmetry in Professional Musicians

1997 • 174 citations

Comparing the rhythm and melody of speech and music: The case of British English and French

2006 • 172 citations

Anatomical Traces of Vocabulary Acquisition in the Adolescent Brain

2007 • 154 citations

Long-range synchrony in the gamma band: role in music perception.

2001 • 153 citations

Adaptive Mechanisms in Cortical Networks Underlying Cortical Contributions to Learning and Nondeclarative Memory

1990 • 137 citations

Effects of long‐term practice and task complexity in musicians and nonmusicians performing simple and complex motor tasks: Implications for cortical motor organization

2005 • 136 citations

Reduced interhemispheric inhibition in musicians

2000 • 131 citations

Perception of phrase structure in music

2005 • 128 citations

Absolute pitch in blind musicians

2004 • 122 citations

Children Processing Music: Electric Brain Responses Reveal Musical Competence and Gender Differences

2003 • 118 citations

Increased Gray Matter Density in the Parietal Cortex of Mathematicians: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

2007 • 115 citations

Auditory organization of sound sequences by a temporal or numerical regularity—a mismatch negativity study comparing musicians and non-musicians

2004 • 106 citations

Prolonged Practice of a Simple Motor Task by Preferred and Nonpreferred Hands

1976 • 89 citations

Action-effect coupling in pianists

2004 • 81 citations

Evidence for Separate Perceptual Reactivation and Search Processes during Remembering

2005 • 81 citations

Time course of melody recognition: A gating paradigm study

2003 • 79 citations

Practice and perfect: length of training and structural brain changes in experienced typists

2007 • 74 citations

Reduced intracortical inhibition and facilitation of corticospinal neurons in musicians

2002 • 70 citations

Electrical brain imaging reveals spatio-temporal dynamics of timbre perception in humans

2006 • 68 citations

Synchronizing with Music: Intercultural Differences

2003 • 68 citations

Musicians and the gamma band: a secret affair?

2001 • 66 citations

The role of spectral and dynamic cues in imagery for musical timbre.

1992 • 61 citations

The skill of recognizing musical structures

1985 • 60 citations

Short-term plasticity in the auditory system: Differential neural responses to perception and imagery of speech and music

2007 • 54 citations

Enhanced phase synchrony in the electroencephalograph<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi></mml:math>band for musicians while listening to music

2001 • 43 citations

The Effects of Expertise and Age on Rhythm Production: Adaptations to Timing and Sequencing Constraints

2002 • 37 citations

Cortical map plasticity in animals and humans

2002 • 36 citations

Enhanced anterior-temporal processing for complex tones in musicians

2006 • 29 citations

Neural correlates of absolute pitch differ between blind and sighted musicians

2006 • 29 citations

Rapid pitch correction in choir singers

2009 • 23 citations

Handedness Effects on Playing a Reversed or Normal Keyboard

1999 • 20 citations