Preferential detachment during human brain development: Age- and sex-specific structural connectivity in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1477-1489

  Lim, Sol ^a,b   Han, Cheol E ^a,c   Uhlhaas, Peter J ^d,e,f   Kaiser, Marcus ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain connectivity; connectome; maturation; network analysis; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930360381     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht333     Document Type: Article

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