ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2018
Imaging structural and functional brain development in early childhood.
Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 551 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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551 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 992 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Violence Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes Among Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Attention and executive delays in early childhood: a meta-analysis of neurodevelopmental conditions.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Improving Caregiver Self-Efficacy and Children's Behavioral Outcomes via a Brief Strength-Based Video Coaching Intervention: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- Near-infrared light-induced transcranial photobiomodulation enhances the visual pathway's function in healthy volunteers.Journal of biomedical optics · 2025Trial
- The putative role of the microbiota in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders following early childhood malnutrition.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Measuring neurodevelopment in iron-deficient children in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of evidence and gaps.Global epidemiology · 2026Article
- Developmental Care in the Early Years in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients as a Strategy to Mitigate Pediatric Post-Intensive-Care Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2026Review
- Division-Specific Organization of a Shared Functional Scaffold in the Early-Life Human Brain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Scale-Dependent Development of Neural Signal Complexity and its Association with Working Memory in Childhood.Brain topography · 2026Article
- Shared and disorder-specific prenatal and perinatal risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders: a nationwide cohort study.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Feasibility, image quality, and analytic usability of mobile 64 mT ultra-low-field MRI for infant brain imaging at 3 and 12 months in southern Malawi.Journal of magnetic resonance open · 2026Article
- Not All Screen Use is Equal: Shifting the Focus from Screen Time to Problematic Use in Child and Adolescent Well-Being Research.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- Brain volumes in congenital heart disease from childhood to adulthood: A pooled neuroimaging study.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Associations between resting brain activity and socioemotional skills across the first 2 years of life.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Early‑life head circumference is causally associated with adult executive function through cortical surface area expansion.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Comparison of a Cardiac Specific Versus a General Instrument to Assess Health-Related Quality of Life 4-5 Years After Cardiac Surgery in Early Infancy.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2026Article
- Global Pathways to Thriving Children: Implementing Large-Scale Multicomponent Nutrition and Child Development Programs.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
In humans, the period from term birth to ∼2 years of age is characterized by rapid and dynamic brain development and plays an important role in cognitive development and risk of disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Recent imaging studies have begun to delineate the growth trajectories of brain structure and function in the first years after birth and their relationship to cognition and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. This Review discusses the development of grey and white matter and structural and functional networks, as well as genetic and environmental influences on early-childhood brain development. We also discuss initial evidence regarding the usefulness of early imaging biomarkers for predicting cognitive outcomes and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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