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 …

A review on automatic fetal and neonatal brain MRI segmentation

A Makropoulos, SJ Counsell, D Rueckert - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, a variety of segmentation methods have been proposed for automatic
delineation of the fetal and neonatal brain MRI. These methods aim to define regions of …

Infant gut microbiome associated with cognitive development

AL Carlson, K Xia, MA Azcarate-Peril, BD Goldman… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Studies in rodents provide compelling evidence that microorganisms inhabiting
the gut influence neurodevelopment. In particular, experimental manipulations that alter …

BrainNetCNN: Convolutional neural networks for brain networks; towards predicting neurodevelopment

J Kawahara, CJ Brown, SP Miller, BG Booth, V Chau… - NeuroImage, 2017 - Elsevier
We propose BrainNetCNN, a convolutional neural network (CNN) framework to predict
clinical neurodevelopmental outcomes from brain networks. In contrast to the spatially local …

Current state and guidance on arterial spin labeling perfusion MRI in clinical neuroimaging

T Lindner, DS Bolar, E Achten, F Barkhof… - Magnetic resonance …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on clinical applications of arterial spin labeling (ASL) and is part of a
wider effort from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) …

A global multicohort study to map subcortical brain development and cognition in infancy and early childhood

AM Alex, F Aguate, K Botteron, C Buss, YS Chong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The human brain grows quickly during infancy and early childhood, but factors influencing
brain maturation in this period remain poorly understood. To address this gap, we …

Family poverty affects the rate of human infant brain growth

JL Hanson, N Hair, DG Shen, F Shi, JH Gilmore… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Living in poverty places children at very high risk for problems across a variety of domains,
including schooling, behavioral regulation, and health. Aspects of cognitive functioning …

[HTML][HTML] Early development of structural networks and the impact of prematurity on brain connectivity

D Batalle, EJ Hughes, H Zhang, JD Tournier, N Tusor… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
Preterm infants are at high risk of neurodevelopmental impairment, which may be due to
altered development of brain connectivity. We aimed to (i) assess structural brain …

Dynamic development of regional cortical thickness and surface area in early childhood

AE Lyall, F Shi, X Geng, S Woolson, G Li… - Cerebral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA) are altered in many neuropsychiatric disorders
and are correlated with cognitive functioning. Little is known about how these components of …

Rich-club organization of the newborn human brain

G Ball, P Aljabar, S Zebari, N Tusor… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Combining diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and network analysis in the adult human
brain has identified a set of highly connected cortical hubs that form a “rich club”—a high …