Maturational trajectories of pericortical contrast in typical brain development

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 235; p. 117974
• Main Authors: Drakulich, Stefan, Thiffault, Anne-Charlotte, Olafson, Emily, Parent, Olivier, Labbe, Aurelie, Albaugh, Matthew D., Khundrakpam, Budhachandra, Ducharme, Simon, Evans, Alan, Chakravarty, Mallar M., Karama, Sherif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.07.2021; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Anatomy; Brain architecture; Brain development; Censuses; Cerebral Cortex - anatomy & histology; Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Cortex - growth & development; Child; Child development; Child, Preschool; Childhood; Children; Cortical contrast; Female; Gray Matter - anatomy & histology; Gray Matter - diagnostic imaging; Gray Matter - growth & development; Gray-white contrast; Human Development - physiology; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical imaging; Morphometry; Quality control; Sex Factors; Structural MRI; Substantia alba; Teenagers; White Matter - anatomy & histology; White Matter - diagnostic imaging; White Matter - growth & development; Young Adult; United States > US; Structural MRI; Adolescence; Gray-white contrast; Brain development; Childhood; Cortical contrast

•Gray-white contrast (GWC) decreases in most areas of the cortex in early life.•The trajectories of GWC decline tend to be cubic across the cortex.•Nonetheless, in a few areas, GWC followed simple linear and quadratic trajectories.•The trajectories of GWC decline exhibit a high level of symmetry acr...