Imaging structural and functional brain development in early childhood

JH Gilmore, RC Knickmeyer, W Gao - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
In humans, the period from term birth to∼ 2 years of age is characterized by rapid and
dynamic brain development and plays an important role in cognitive development and risk of …

Periods of synchronized myelin changes shape brain function and plasticity

O de Faria Jr, H Pivonkova, B Varga, S Timmler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Myelin, a lipid membrane that wraps axons, enabling fast neurotransmission and metabolic
support to axons, is conventionally thought of as a static structure that is set early in …

The development of brain white matter microstructure

C Lebel, S Deoni - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence, our brains undergo remarkable changes.
Processes including myelination and synaptogenesis occur rapidly across the first 2–3 years …

Magnetic resonance of myelin water: an in vivo marker for myelin

AL MacKay, C Laule - Brain plasticity, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Myelin is critical for healthy brain function. An accurate in vivo measure of myelin content
has important implications for understanding brain plasticity and neurodegenerative …

Early nutrition influences developmental myelination and cognition in infants and young children

S Deoni, D Dean III, S Joelson, J O'Regan… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Throughout early neurodevelopment, myelination helps provide the foundation for brain
connectivity and supports the emergence of cognitive and behavioral functioning. Early life …

[HTML][HTML] Early development of structural networks and the impact of prematurity on brain connectivity

D Batalle, EJ Hughes, H Zhang, JD Tournier, N Tusor… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
Preterm infants are at high risk of neurodevelopmental impairment, which may be due to
altered development of brain connectivity. We aimed to (i) assess structural brain …

A systematic literature review of sex differences in childhood language and brain development

A Etchell, A Adhikari, LS Weinberg, AL Choo… - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
The extent of sex differences in childhood language development is unclear. We conducted
a systematic literature review synthesizing results from studies examining sex differences in …

Contributions to magnetic susceptibility of brain tissue

JH Duyn, J Schenck - NMR in Biomedicine, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses the major contributors to the subtle magnetic properties of brain tissue
and how they affect MRI contrast. With the increased availability of high‐field scanners, the …

Association of amyloid pathology with myelin alteration in preclinical Alzheimer disease

DC Dean, SA Hurley, SR Kecskemeti… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The accumulation of aggregated β-amyloid and tau proteins into plaques and
tangles is a central feature of Alzheimer disease (AD). While plaque and tangle …

Infant and child MRI: a review of scanning procedures

A Copeland, E Silver, R Korja, SJ Lehtola… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe method to examine human brain. However, a
typical MR scan is very sensitive to motion, and it requires the subject to lie still during the …