Playing 'brain-training' video games may help improve some mental abilities of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) a disease of the central nervous system that can lead to weakness muscle stiffness and difficulty in thinking. The researchers found that video gaming strengthened neural connections in an important part of the MS patients' brains. 'This increased connectivity reflects the fact that video gaming experience changed the mode of operation of certain brain structures' said lead researcher Laura De Giglio from Sapienza University in Rome Italy. 'This means that even a widespread and common use tool like video games can promote brain plasticity
