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ArticleCommunications biology2026

How do infant brains fold? Sulcal deepening is linked to development of sulcal span, thickness, curvature, and microstructure.

Sarah S Tung, Xiaoqian Yan, Bella Fascendini, Christina Tyagi, Charleny Martinez Reyes, Keithan Ducre, Karla Perez, Ahmad Allen, Juliet Horenziak, Hua Wu and 3 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sarah S TungDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. sstung@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-8175-5326
Xiaoqian YanInstitute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-7428
Bella FascendiniDepartment of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-6752
Christina TyagiDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-9205
Charleny Martinez ReyesDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Keithan DucreDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Karla PerezDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ahmad AllenDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Juliet HorenziakDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-6061-3927
Hua WuCenter for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7992-3961
Boris KeilInstitute of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Giessen, Germany.
Vaidehi S NatuDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. vnatu@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8012-2822
Kalanit Grill-SpectorDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5404-9606

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
Neuroimaging and histological investigations of human visual cortex developmentR21EY030588 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GRILL-SPECTOR, KALANIT · 2019 to 2020
$368k
National Science Foundation (NSF) DGE-2146755NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033835NEI NIH HHS R21 EY030588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cortical folding begins in utero as sulci emerge and continues postnatally as sulci deepen. However, the timeline and mechanisms of postnatal sulcal development remain poorly understood. Using structural and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging from 79 infant sessions spanning birth to one year, we longitudinally examined macroanatomical parameters and microstructural tissue density (longitudinal relaxation rate, [R

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BrainCerebral CortexFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeurodevelopment

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PMID41545731
PMCPMC12909851

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