Early development of functional network segregation revealed by connectomic analysis of the preterm human brain

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1949-1963

  Cao, Miao ^a   He, Yong ^a   Dai, Zhengjia ^a   Liao, Xuhong ^a   Jeon, Tina ^b   Ouyang, Minhui ^b   Chalak, Lina ^c   Bi, Yanchao ^a   Rollins, Nancy ^c   Dong, Qi ^a   Huang, Hao ^b,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectome; Functional connectivity; Hub; Preterm; Rich club

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONNECTOME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; REST;

BRAIN; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST;

EID: 85017332109     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw038     Document Type: Article

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