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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Human white matter myelinates faster in utero than ex utero.

Mareike Grotheer, David Bloom, John Kruper, Adam Richie-Halford, Stephanie Zika, Vicente A Aguilera González, Jason D Yeatman, Kalanit Grill-Spector, Ariel Rokem

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Longitudinal trajectories of brain development from infancy to school age and their relationship with literacy development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mareike GrotheerDepartment of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35039, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8653-1157
David BloomDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105.ORCID 0000-0003-4510-2468
John KruperDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105.ORCID 0000-0003-0081-391X
Adam Richie-HalfordDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105.ORCID 0000-0001-9276-9084
Stephanie ZikaDepartment of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35039, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-8500-0635
Vicente A Aguilera GonzálezDepartment of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35039, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-8681-4696
Jason D YeatmanDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
Kalanit Grill-SpectorDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-5404-9606
Ariel RokemDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105.ORCID 0000-0003-0679-1985
University of Washington · USPhilipps University of Marburg · DENeurosciences Institute · US

Funding

Visual Cortex as a Window to Microstructural and Functional Development of the Human BrainR01EY033835 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GRILL-SPECTOR, KALANIT, PAREDES, MERCEDES · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
A data science toolbox for analysis of Human Connectome Project diffusion MRIRF1MH121868 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ROKEM, ARIEL SHALOM · 2019 to 2019
$707k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033835NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH121868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation of myelin, the fatty sheath that insulates nerve fibers, is critical for healthy brain function. A fundamental open question is what impact being born has on myelin growth. To address this, we evaluated a large (

Indexed as

Premature BirthWhite MatterBrainCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMagnetic Resonance ImagingMyelin Sheathbirthdevelopmentinfancymyelinwhite matter

Identifiers

PMID37549280
PMCPMC10438384
OpenAlexW4385618095

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