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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2019

Development and Emergence of Individual Variability in the Functional Connectivity Architecture of the Preterm Human Brain.

Yuehua Xu, Miao Cao, Xuhong Liao, Mingrui Xia, Xindi Wang, Tina Jeon, Minhui Ouyang, Lina Chalak, Nancy Rollins, Hao Huang and 1 more

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuehua XuNational Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Miao CaoNational Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Xuhong LiaoNational Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Mingrui XiaNational Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Xindi WangNational Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Tina JeonDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Minhui OuyangDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Lina ChalakDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Nancy RollinsDepartment of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Hao HuangDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Yong HeNational Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Beijing Normal University · CNChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at CHOP/PennU54HD086984 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI SCHULTZ, ROBERT THOMAS · 2016 to 2020
$6.3M
Structural Development of Human Fetal BrainR01MH092535 · NIMH · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HUANG, HAO · 2011 to 2020
$4.6M
A Novel Wavelet Neurovascular Bundle for Real Time Detection of Injury in Neonatal EncephalopathyR01NS102617 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LINA F CHALAK · 2017 to 2026
$4.0M
European Research Council 319456NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD086984NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH092535NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individual variability in human brain networks underlies individual differences in cognition and behaviors. However, researchers have not conclusively determined when individual variability patterns of the brain networks emerge and how they develop in the early phase. Here, we employed resting-state functional MRI data and whole-brain functional connectivity analyses in 40 neonates aged around 31-42 postmenstrual weeks to characterize the spatial distribution and development modes of individual variability in the functional network architecture. We observed lower individual variability in primary sensorimotor and visual areas and higher variability in association regions at the third trimester, and these patterns are generally similar to those of adult brains. Different functional systems showed dramatic differences in the development of individual variability, with significant decreases in the sensorimotor network; decreasing trends in the visual, subcortical, and dorsal and ventral attention networks, and limited change in the default mode, frontoparietal and limbic networks. The patterns of individual variability were negatively correlated with the short- to middle-range connection strength/number and this distance constraint was significantly strengthened throughout development. Our findings highlight the development and emergence of individual variability in the functional architecture of the prenatal brain, which may lay network foundations for individual behavioral differences later in life.

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BrainBrain MappingFemaleHumansInfantInfant, PrematureMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural Pathwaysconnectomefunctional connectivityneonatenetworkprenatal

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PMID30534949
PMCPMC6735255
OpenAlexW2904553274

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