The fractal brain: scale-invariance in structure and dynamics

GF Grosu, AV Hopp, VV Moca, H Bârzan… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The past 40 years have witnessed extensive research on fractal structure and scale-free
dynamics in the brain. Although considerable progress has been made, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Fractal dimension of the brain in neurodegenerative disease and dementia: A systematic review

ET Ziukelis, E Mak, ME Dounavi, L Su… - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Sensitive and specific antemortem biomarkers of neurodegenerative disease and dementia
are crucial to the pursuit of effective treatments, required both to reliably identify disease and …

Cortical complexity as a measure of age-related brain atrophy

CR Madan, EA Kensinger - NeuroImage, 2016 - Elsevier
The structure of the human brain changes in a variety of ways as we age. While a sizeable
literature has examined age-related differences in cortical thickness, and to a lesser degree …

Adolescent maturation of the prefrontal cortex: Role of stress and sex in shaping adult risk for compromise

GA Shaw, JL Dupree, GN Neigh - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Adolescence is a highly dynamic period of development, which includes the final
organizational phases of neural maturation within the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The …

The fractal dimension of chromatin-a potential molecular marker for carcinogenesis, tumor progression and prognosis

K Metze, R Adam, JB Florindo - Expert review of molecular …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Fractality is omnipresent in medicine and life sciences. In particular, the fractal
principle is found simultaneously at different organization levels of the cell nucleus. The aim …

Fractal dimension estimation for developing pathological brain detection system based on Minkowski-Bouligand method

YD Zhang, XQ Chen, TM Zhan, ZQ Jiao, Y Sun… - IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is of enormous significance to detect abnormal brains automatically. This paper develops
an efficient pathological brain detection system based on the artificial intelligence method …

Age‐associated sex and asymmetry differentiation in hemispheric and lobar cortical ribbon complexity across adulthood: A UK Biobank imaging study

N Nazlee, GD Waiter, AL Sandu - Human Brain Mapping, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cortical morphology changes with ageing and age‐related neurodegenerative diseases.
Previous studies suggest that the age effect is more pronounced in the frontal lobe …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal study of the effect of a 5-year exercise intervention on structural brain complexity in older adults. A Generation 100 substudy

J Pani, C Marzi, D Stensvold, U Wisløff, AK Håberg… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical inactivity has been identified as an important risk factor for dementia. High levels of
cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) have been shown to reduce the risk of dementia. However …

[HTML][HTML] Fractal dimension of cerebral white matter: A consistent feature for prediction of the cognitive performance in patients with small vessel disease and mild …

L Pantoni, C Marzi, A Poggesi, A Giorgio… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Patients with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) frequently show decline in cognitive
performance. However, neuroimaging in SVD patients discloses a wide range of brain …

Investigating sexual dimorphism of human white matter in a harmonized, multisite diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

J Seitz, S Cetin-Karayumak, A Lyall… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Axonal myelination and repair, critical processes for brain development, maturation, and
aging, remain controlled by sexual hormones. Whether this influence is reflected in structural …