Structural brain development: A review of methodological approaches and best practices

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue , 2018, Pages 129-148

  Vijayakumar, Nandita ^a   Mills, Kathryn L ^a   Alexander Bloch, Aaron ^b   Tamnes, Christian K ^c   Whittle, Sarah ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain development; Longitudinal analyses; Methodology; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044527753     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.11.008     Document Type: Review

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