White matter maturation profiles through early childhood predict general cognitive ability

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1189-1203

  Deoni, Sean C L ^a   O’Muircheartaigh, Jonathan ^b   Elison, Jed T ^c   Walker, Lindsay ^a   Doernberg, Ellen ^a   Waskiewicz, Nicole ^a   Dirks, Holly ^a   Piryatinsky, Irene ^a   Dean, Doug C ^a   Jumbe, N L ^d  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cognitive maturation; Myelination; Neurodevelopment; White matter growth

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE ABILITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84959327290     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0947-x     Document Type: Article

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