Motor memory formation through longitudinal studies

DELLA MAGGIORE V

Buenos Aires

Congreso; II Meeting of the Latin American Brain Mapping Network; 2017

LABMAN

One of the most striking properties of the adult central nervous system is its ability to undergo changes in function and/or structure. In mammals, learning is a major inducer of adaptive plasticity. Sensorimotor adaptation is a type of procedural ?motor- learning that allows maintaining accurate movements in the presence of environmental or internal perturbations by adjusting motor output. In this work I will present experimental evidence from longitudinal studies conducted at different time scales pointing to possible sites of plasticity associated with consolidation and near perfect long-term memory retention associated with this type of learning.