Spatial patterns, longitudinal development, and hemispheric asymmetries of cortical thickness in infants from birth to 2 years of age

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 9150-9162

  Li, Gang ^a   Lin, Weili ^a   Gilmore, John H ^a   Shen, Dinggang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Early brain development; Hemispheric asymmetry; Infant; Spatial distribution; Sulci and gyri

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CENTRAL SULCUS; CHILD; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPERCULUM (BRAIN); PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84931427438     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4107-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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