Hierarchical functional system development supports executive function

AS Keller, VJ Sydnor, A Pines, DA Fair… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2023 - cell.com
In this perspective, we describe how developmental improvements in youth executive
function (EF) are supported by hierarchically organized maturational changes in functional …

Transient cortical circuits match spontaneous and sensory-driven activity during development

Z Molnár, HJ Luhmann, PO Kanold - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND During early mammalian brain development, transient neurons and circuits
form the scaffold for the development of neuronal networks. In the immature cerebral cortex …

Spontaneous activity in develo** thalamic and cortical sensory networks

FJ Martini, T Guillamón-Vivancos, V Moreno-Juan… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Develo** sensory circuits exhibit different patterns of spontaneous activity, patterns that
are related to the construction and refinement of functional networks. During the …

The UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project (BCP): An overview of the study design and protocol development

BR Howell, MA Styner, W Gao, PT Yap, L Wang… - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
The human brain undergoes extensive and dynamic growth during the first years of life. The
UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project (BCP), one of the Lifespan Connectome Projects …

Small-world human brain networks: perspectives and challenges

X Liao, AV Vasilakos, Y He - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Modelling the human brain as a complex network has provided a powerful mathematical
framework to characterize the structural and functional architectures of the brain. In the past …

Delineation of early brain development from fetuses to infants with diffusion MRI and beyond

M Ouyang, J Dubois, Q Yu, P Mukherjee, H Huang - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic macrostructural and microstructural changes take place from the mid-fetal stage to
2 years after birth. Delineating structural changes of the brain during early development …

Injured brains and adaptive networks: the benefits and costs of hyperconnectivity

FG Hillary, JH Grafman - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
A common finding in human functional brain-imaging studies is that damage to neural
systems paradoxically results in enhanced functional connectivity between network regions …

Neural histology and neurogenesis of the human fetal and infant brain

I Kostović, G Sedmak, M Judaš - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
The human brain develops slowly and over a long period of time which lasts for almost three
decades. This enables good spatio-temporal resolution of histogenetic and neurogenetic …

Developmental connectomics from infancy through early childhood

M Cao, H Huang, Y He - Trends in neurosciences, 2017 - cell.com
The human brain undergoes rapid growth in both structure and function from infancy through
early childhood, and this significantly influences cognitive and behavioral development in …

Exploring early human brain development with structural and physiological neuroimaging

L Vasung, EA Turk, SL Ferradal, J Sutin, JN Stout… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Early brain development, from the embryonic period to infancy, is characterized by rapid
structural and functional changes. These changes can be studied using structural and …