Development of brain structural connectivity between ages 12 and 30: A 4-Tesla diffusion imaging study in 439 adolescents and adults

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 671-684

  Dennis, Emily L ^a   Jahanshad, Neda ^a   McMahon, Katie L ^b   de Zubicaray, Greig I ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^c   Hickie, Ian B ^d   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^b,c   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Graph theory; HARDI; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 85014638421     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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