3D global and regional patterns of human fetal subplate growth determined in utero

• Published in: Brain Structure and Function Vol. 215; no. 3-4; pp. 255 - 263
• Main Authors: Corbett-Detig, J., Habas, P. A., Scott, J. A., Kim, K., Rajagopalan, V., McQuillen, P. S., Barkovich, A. J., Glenn, O. A., Studholme, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.01.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Boundaries; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cell Biology; Cortex; Cortex (motor); Cortex (occipital); Cortex (somatosensory); Evolution; Evolutionary biology; Extracellular matrix; Female; Fetal Development - physiology; Fetus - embryology; Fetuses; Functional anatomy; Gestational Age; Growth patterns; Humans; Image processing; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Morphogenesis; Motor Cortex - cytology; Motor Cortex - embryology; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; Neurology; Neurons, Afferent - cytology; Neurosciences; Original; Original Article; Pregnancy; Reproducibility of Results; Segmentation; Sensory neurons; Somatosensory Cortex - cytology; Somatosensory Cortex - embryology; Statistical analysis; Structure-function relationships; Thalamus; Fetal imaging; 3D thickness and volume; Tissue segmentation; Anatomical MRI; Subplate; Brain development

The waiting period of subplate evolution is a critical phase for the proper formation of neural connections in the brain. During this time, which corresponds to 15 to 24 postconceptual weeks (PCW) in the human fetus, thalamocortical and cortico-cortical afferents wait in and are in part guided by mo...