Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology

VJ Sydnor, B Larsen, DS Bassett, A Alexander-Bloch… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The human brain undergoes a prolonged period of cortical development that spans multiple
decades. During childhood and adolescence, cortical development progresses from lower …

Environmental influences on the pace of brain development

UA Tooley, DS Bassett, AP Mackey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Brain charts for the human lifespan

RAI Bethlehem, J Seidlitz, SR White, JW Vogel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past few decades, neuroimaging has become a ubiquitous tool in basic research
and clinical studies of the human brain. However, no reference standards currently exist to …

Understanding emotions: origins and roles of the amygdala

G Šimić, M Tkalčić, V Vukić, D Mulc, E Španić, M Šagud… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emotions arise from activations of specialized neuronal populations in several parts of the
cerebral cortex, notably the anterior cingulate, insula, ventromedial prefrontal, and …

Sleep spindles: mechanisms and functions

LMJ Fernandez, A Lüthi - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

Microglial regional heterogeneity and its role in the brain

YL Tan, Y Yuan, L Tian - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Microglia have been recently shown to manifest a very interesting phenotypical
heterogeneity across different regions in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) …

iBEAT V2. 0: a multisite-applicable, deep learning-based pipeline for infant cerebral cortical surface reconstruction

L Wang, Z Wu, L Chen, Y Sun, W Lin, G Li - Nature protocols, 2023 - nature.com
The human cerebral cortex undergoes dramatic and critical development during early
postnatal stages. Benefiting from advances in neuroimaging, many infant brain magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood socioeconomic status and the pace of structural neurodevelopment: accelerated, delayed, or simply different?

D Rakesh, S Whittle, MA Sheridan… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2023 - cell.com
Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with children's brain and behavioral
development. Several theories propose that early experiences of adversity or low SES can …

Context reconsidered: Complex signal ensembles, relational meaning, and population thinking in psychological science.

LF Barrett - American Psychologist, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
This article considers the status and study of “context” in psychological science through the
lens of research on emotional expressions. The article begins by updating three well-trod …

Genetics of human brain development

Y Zhou, H Song, G Ming - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Brain development in humans is achieved through precise spatiotemporal genetic control,
the mechanisms of which remain largely elusive. Recently, integration of technological …