The UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project (BCP): An overview of the study design and protocol development

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 185; pp. 891 - 905
• Main Authors: Howell, Brittany R., Styner, Martin A., Gao, Wei, Yap, Pew-Thian, Wang, Li, Baluyot, Kristine, Yacoub, Essa, Chen, Geng, Potts, Taylor, Salzwedel, Andrew, Li, Gang, Gilmore, John H., Piven, Joseph, Smith, J. Keith, Shen, Dinggang, Ugurbil, Kamil, Zhu, Hongtu, Lin, Weili, Elison, Jed T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.01.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Babies; Baby connectome project; Behavior; Brain - growth & development; Brain mapping; Brain research; Child, Preschool; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Connectome - methods; Data collection; dMRI; DTI; Female; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Humans; Infancy; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Life span; Lifespan connectome project; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical imaging; MRI; Neural networks; Neurodevelopment; Neuroimaging; Research Design; rfMRI; Structure-function relationships; Young adults; United Kingdom > UK; Baby connectome project; Infancy; MRI; rfMRI; DTI; Neurodevelopment; Behavior; Lifespan connectome project; dMRI

The human brain undergoes extensive and dynamic growth during the first years of life. The UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project (BCP), one of the Lifespan Connectome Projects funded by NIH, is an ongoing study jointly conducted by investigators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the U...