Development of Human Brain Structural Networks Through Infancy and Childhood

• Published in: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 1389 - 1404
• Main Authors: Huang, Hao, Shu, Ni, Mishra, Virendra, Jeon, Tina, Chalak, Lina, Wang, Zhiyue J., Rollins, Nancy, Gong, Gaolang, Cheng, Hua, Peng, Yun, Dong, Qi, He, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Aging - physiology; Anisotropy; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain - growth & development; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Infant; Male; Nerve Net - anatomy & histology; Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; White Matter - anatomy & histology; White Matter - growth & development; brain development; pruning; connectome; fractional anisotropy; module

During human brain development through infancy and childhood, microstructural and macrostructural changes take place to reshape the brain's structural networks and better adapt them to sophisticated functional and cognitive requirements. However, structural topological configuration of the huma...