Harnessing the power of advanced fetal neuroimaging to understand in utero footprints for later neuropsychiatric disorders

J De Asis-Cruz, C Limperopoulos - Biological psychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
Adverse intrauterine events may profoundly impact fetal risk for future adult diseases. The
mechanisms underlying this increased vulnerability are complex and remain poorly …

Diffusion tensor imaging of fetal brain: principles, potential and limitations of promising technique

R Corroenne, C Arthuis, G Kasprian… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human brain development is a complex process that begins in the third week of gestation.
During early development, the fetal brain undergoes dynamic morphological changes …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomically constrained tractography of the fetal brain

C Calixto, C Jaimes, MD Soldatelli, SK Warfield… - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI) is increasingly used to
study the fetal brain in utero. An important computation enabled by dMRI is streamline …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the developmental order and microstructural patterns of early white matter pathways in a diffusion MRI based fetal brain atlas

R Chen, C Sun, T Liu, Y Liao, J Wang, Y Sun, Y Zhang… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
White matter (WM) of the fetal brain undergoes rapid development to form early structural
connections. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) has shown to be a useful tool to …

Development of the Fetal Brain Corticocortical Structural Network during the Second-to-Third Trimester Based on Diffusion MRI

R Chen, R Zhao, H Li, X Xu, M Li, Z Zhao… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
During the second-to-third trimester, the neuronal pathways of the fetal brain experience
rapid development, resulting in the complex architecture of the interwired network at birth …

Specialized Diagnostic Studies for Assessment of the Fetal Central Nervous System

DL Bulas, G Vezina, C Limperopoulos, JL Fraser… - Volpe's Neurology of the …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of the fetal brain is, for obvious reasons, heavily dependent on
specialized imaging techniques that have entered the clinical domain over the past five …

Advanced neuroimaging in the fetal brain: An update on technical advances and clinical findings

J Ren, S Dong - iRADIOLOGY, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to provide detailed information regarding
fetal brain development in utero. Conventional T1‐and T2‐weighted sequences provide …

Magnetic resonance imaging and tractography of sensorimotor tracts in fetuses with intraventricular hemorrhage: feasibility and added prognostic value

E Hadi, T Dorittke, P Kienast, J Binder… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the feasibility, characteristics and prognostic value of prenatal
visualization of the corticospinal tracts (CSTs) using diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance …

When the mind comes to live inside the body: the ontogeny of the perceptual control clock

SG Ferber, R Geva, A Weller - Current Neuropharmacology, 2023 - benthamdirect.com
In this editorial, we discuss the neurobiological processes underlying the early emergence
of awareness that we term the “when” and “how” the mind comes to live inside the body. We …

Development of the Ontogenetic Self-Regulation Clock

S Goldstein Ferber, A Weller, M Ben-Shachar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
To date, there is no overarching proposition for the ontogenetic-neurobiological basis of self-
regulation. This paper suggests that the balanced self-regulatory reaction of the fetus …