The basics of brain development

J Stiles, TL Jernigan - Neuropsychology review, 2010 - Springer
Over the past several decades, significant advances have been made in our understanding
of the basic stages and mechanisms of mammalian brain development. Studies elucidating …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain

AL Alexander, JE Lee, M Lazar, AS Field - Neurotherapeutics, 2007 - Elsevier
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a promising method for characterizing microstructural
changes or differences with neuropathology and treatment. The diffusion tensor may be …

Brain development during the preschool years

TT Brown, TL Jernigan - Neuropsychology review, 2012 - Springer
The preschool years represent a time of expansive mental growth, with the initial expression
of many psychological abilities that will continue to be refined into young adulthood …

Brain maturation in adolescence and young adulthood: regional age-related changes in cortical thickness and white matter volume and microstructure

CK Tamnes, Y Østby, AM Fjell, LT Westlye… - Cerebral …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The development of cortical gray matter, white matter (WM) volume, and WM microstructure
in adolescence is beginning to be fairly well characterized by structural magnetic resonance …

Adolescent brain development and the risk for alcohol and other drug problems

S Bava, SF Tapert - Neuropsychology review, 2010 - Springer
Dynamic changes in neurochemistry, fiber architecture, and tissue composition occur in the
adolescent brain. The course of these maturational processes is being charted with greater …

The teen brain: insights from neuroimaging

JN Giedd - Journal of adolescent health, 2008 - Elsevier
Few parents of a teenager are surprised to hear that the brain of a 16-year-old is different
from the brain of an 8-year-old. Yet to pin down these differences in a rigorous scientific way …

Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature

SJ Carrington, AJ Bailey - Human brain mapping, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There have been many functional imaging studies of the brain basis of theory of mind (ToM)
skills, but the findings are heterogeneous and implicate anatomical regions as far apart as …

Diffusion tensor imaging in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H van Ewijk, DJ Heslenfeld, MP Zwiers… - Neuroscience & …, 2012 - Elsevier
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows in vivo examination of the microstructural integrity of
white matter brain tissue. A systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis using …

Altered neural connectivity in excitatory and inhibitory cortical circuits in autism

B Zikopoulos, H Barbas - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Converging evidence from diverse studies suggests that atypical brain connectivity in autism
affects in distinct ways short-and long-range cortical pathways, disrupting neural …

MR diffusion kurtosis imaging for neural tissue characterization

EX Wu, MM Cheung - NMR in Biomedicine, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In conventional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), water diffusion distribution is described as a
2nd‐order three‐dimensional (3D) diffusivity tensor. It assumes that diffusion occurs in a free …