Delineation of early brain development from fetuses to infants with diffusion MRI and beyond

M Ouyang, J Dubois, Q Yu, P Mukherjee, H Huang - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic macrostructural and microstructural changes take place from the mid-fetal stage to
2 years after birth. Delineating structural changes of the brain during early development …

Brain injury in premature neonates: a primary cerebral dysmaturation disorder?

SA Back, SP Miller - Annals of neurology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
With advances in neonatal care, preterm neonates are surviving with an evolving
constellation of motor and cognitive disabilities that appear to be related to widespread …

Mechanics of cortical folding: stress, growth and stability

KE Garcia, CD Kroenke… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cortical folding, or gyrification, coincides with several important developmental processes.
The folded shape of the human brain allows the cerebral cortex, the thin outer layer of …

Axons pull on the brain, but tension does not drive cortical folding

G Xu, AK Knutsen, K Dikranian, CD Kroenke… - 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
During human brain development, the cerebral cortex undergoes substantial folding,
leading to its characteristic highly convoluted form. Folding is necessary to accommodate …

Mechanical forces in cerebral cortical folding: a review of measurements and models

PV Bayly, LA Taber, CD Kroenke - Journal of the mechanical behavior of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Folding of the cerebral cortical surface is a critical process in human brain development, yet
despite decades of indirect study and speculation the mechanics of the process remain …

Prenatal cerebral ischemia disrupts MRI-defined cortical microstructure through disturbances in neuronal arborization

JM Dean, E McClendon, K Hansen… - Science translational …, 2013 - science.org
Children who survive preterm birth exhibit persistent unexplained disturbances in cerebral
cortical growth with associated cognitive and learning disabilities. The mechanisms …

A cortical folding model incorporating stress-dependent growth explains gyral wavelengths and stress patterns in the developing brain

PV Bayly, RJ Okamoto, G Xu, Y Shi, LA Taber - Physical biology, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In humans and many other mammals, the cortex (the outer layer of the brain) folds during
development. The mechanics of folding are not well understood; leading explanations are …

How forces fold the cerebral cortex

CD Kroenke, PV Bayly - Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Improved understanding of the factors that govern folding of the cerebral cortex is desirable
for many reasons. The existence of consistent patterns in folding within and between …

Determination of axonal and dendritic orientation distributions within the developing cerebral cortex by diffusion tensor imaging

SN Jespersen, LA Leigland, A Cornea… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As neurons of the developing brain form functional circuits, they undergo morphological
differentiation. In immature cerebral cortex, radially-oriented cellular processes of …

Brain injury in the preterm infant: new horizons for pathogenesis and prevention

SA Back - Pediatric neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Preterm neonates are surviving with a milder spectrum of motor and cognitive disabilities
that appear to be related to widespread disturbances in cell maturation that target cerebral …