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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Dynamics of infant white matter maturation from birth to 6 months.

Benjamin Risk, Longchuan Li, Warren Jones, Sarah Shultz

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4 authors.

Benjamin RiskDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Longchuan LiMarcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Warren JonesMarcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sarah ShultzMarcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Funding

The ontogeny of social vocal engagement and its derailment in autismP50MH100029 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RAMSAY, GORDON JAMES · 2012 to 2021
$20.1M
Measuring gene-environment transactions to identify sensitive periods for infant social behavior & brain growthR01MH118285 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JONES, WARREN, SHULTZ, SARAH · 2019 to 2024
$3.7M
Statistical approaches to improving functional connectivity estimates with an application to autismR01MH129855 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Benjamin Brewster Risk · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
Mapping the developing infant connectomeR01EB027147 · NIBIB · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CALHOUN, VINCE D, DAI, XIONGTAO · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
Mapping the Infant Brain Developmental Connectome: Temporally Precise Growth Trajectories of Changing Infant Brain TopologyR01MH119251 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI IRAJI, ARMIN, SHULTZ, SARAH · 2020 to 2023
$1.0M
Pathogenic insight into ASD from the study of neonatal brain-behavior transitionsK01MH108741 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SHULTZ, SARAH · 2016 to 2020
$857k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027147NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH108741NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH100029NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118285NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119251NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH129855
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Abstract

The first months after a baby's birth encompass the most rapid period of postnatal change in the human lifespan, but longitudinal trajectories of white matter maturation in this period remain uncharted. Using densely sampled diffusion tensor images collected longitudinally at a mean rate of 1 scan per 1.55 days, we measured non-linear growth and growth rate trajectories of major white matter tracts from birth to 6 months. Growth rates at birth were 6 to 11 times faster than at 6 months, with tracts less mature at birth developing fastest. When matched on chronological age, shorter gestation infants had less mature white matter at birth but faster growth rates than their longer gestation peers; however, growth trajectories were highly similar when corrected for gestational age. This is the first study to estimate white matter trajectories using dense sampling in the first 6 post-natal months, which can inform the study of neurodevelopmental disorders beginning in infancy.

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diffusion MRIgestational age at birthinfancylongitudinal trajectorywhite matter

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PMID39990497
PMCPMC11844443

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