Imaging structural and functional brain development in early childhood

JH Gilmore, RC Knickmeyer, W Gao - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
In humans, the period from term birth to∼ 2 years of age is characterized by rapid and
dynamic brain development and plays an important role in cognitive development and risk of …

Socioeconomic status and the developing brain–A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth

D Rakesh, S Whittle - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing literature has shown associations between socioeconomic disadvantage and
neural properties (such as brain structure and function). In this review, we aimed to …

A synaptic perspective of fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorders

C Bagni, RS Zukin - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Altered synaptic structure and function is a major hallmark of fragile X syndrome (FXS),
autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), and other intellectual disabilities (IDs), which are …

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

BR Howell, MA Styner, W Gao, PT Yap, L Wang… - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Developmental atlas of phase-amplitude coupling between physiologic high-frequency oscillations and slow waves

K Sakakura, N Kuroda, M Sonoda, T Mitsuhashi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We investigated the developmental changes in high-frequency oscillation (HFO) and
Modulation Index (MI)–the coupling measure between HFO and slow-wave phase. We …

Gut-brain axis in the early postnatal years of life: a developmental perspective

A Jena, CA Montoya, JA Mullaney, RN Dilger… - Frontiers in integrative …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Emerging evidence suggests that alterations in the development of the gastrointestinal (GI)
tract during the early postnatal period can influence brain development and vice-versa. It is …

Explainable deep learning for personalized age prediction with brain morphology

A Lombardi, D Diacono, N Amoroso… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Predicting brain age has become one of the most attractive challenges in computational
neuroscience due to the role of the predicted age as an effective biomarker for different brain …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroplasticity associated with changes in conversational turn-taking following a family-based intervention

RR Romeo, JA Leonard, HM Grotzinger… - Developmental cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Children's early language environments are associated with linguistic, cognitive, and
academic development, as well as concurrent brain structure and function. This study …

Multiscale structure–function gradients in the neonatal connectome

S Larivière, R Vos de Wael, SJ Hong… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The adult functional connectome is well characterized by a macroscale spatial gradient of
connectivity traversing from unimodal toward higher-order transmodal cortices that …

The effect of bilingualism on brain development from early childhood to young adulthood

C Pliatsikas, L Meteyard, J Veríssimo, V DeLuca… - Brain Structure and …, 2020 - Springer
Bilingualism affects the structure of the brain in adults, as evidenced by experience-
dependent grey and white matter changes in brain structures implicated in language …