The researchers found cardiorespiratory fitness was positively linked to the structural integrity of white
matter fiber bundles in the brain in the older adults, while no such association was observed in younger adults.
Not exact matches
He published his find of the VOF, a
bundle of white -
matter fibers near the back of the brain, in 2013 and helped show its involvement in reading.
The study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease focused on a type of brain tissue called white
matter, which is composed of millions of
bundles of nerve
fibers used by neurons to communicate across the brain.
When compared to the control group, type 2 patients showed decreased integrity in the white
matter of two different areas in the brain — the cingulum
bundle, which is a
fiber tract that connects regions in the default - mode network, and the uncinate fasciculus, which connects regions important for executive function and memory.
Generally speaking, gray
matter facilitates most of the brain's signaling and is central to sensory perceptions, while white
matter is largely nerve
fiber bundles that enable communication between brain regions.
The gray
matter in these regions and the white
matter «highways,» or
fiber bundles connecting the regions, work together to form the reading network.
A year later, a study by McCandliss and Sumit Niogi that focused on brain structure found a connection between reading skills and white
matter, the
bundles of electricity - conducting tissues that link parts of the brain together, like the
fiber - optic cable network to the Internet.