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The potential of infant fMRI research and the study of early life stress as a promising exemplar

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Graham, Alice M., Pfeifer, Jennifer H., Fisher, Philip A., Lin, Weili, Gao, Wei, Fair, Damien A.·2015·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research with infants and toddlers has increased rapidly over the past decade, and provided a unique window into early brain development. In the current report, we review the state of the literature, which has established the feasibility and utility of task-based fMRI and resting state functional connectivity MRI (rs-fcMRI) during early periods of brain maturation. These methodologies have been successfully applied beginning in the neonatal period to increase understanding of how the brain both responds to environmental stimuli, and becomes organized into large-scale functional systems that support complex behaviors. We discuss the methodological challenges posed by this promising area of research. We also highlight that despite these challenges, early work indicates a strong potential for these methods to influence multiple research domains. As an example, we focus on the study of early life stress and its influence on brain development and mental health outcomes. We illustrate the promise of these methodologies for building on, and making important contributions to, the existing literature in this field.

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  • Infant heteromodal association cortex contains separate components considered precursors of adult distributed higher-order cognitive networks.

    “Distinct components throughout heteromodal association cortex have also been described in infants, and are believed to represent prototypical elements of distributed, higher-order cognitive networks identifiable in adults (Graham et al., 2015).”
  • Human and animal studies indicate differences in stimulus-evoked neurovascular coupling between infants and older individuals.

    “Human and animal studies indeed indicate differences in stimulus-evoked neurovascular coupling between infants and older individuals, but whether these differences impact rs-fcMRI measurements has yet to be determined (Graham et al., 2015).”
  • Anatomical areas involved in integrating different information processing streams are likely critical for complex cognitive and social abilities and potentially uniquely susceptible to early environmental influences.

    “Such anatomical areas are likely critical for the development of complex cognitive and social abilities, and are potentially uniquely susceptible to early environmental influences (Graham et al., 2015).”
  • Acquiring fMRI data during natural sleep provides potential insight into a population that is generally challenging to study.

    “Acquiring fMRI data during natural sleep provides potential insight into a population that generally is challenging to study (Dehaene-Lambertz et al. 2002; Redcay et al. 2007; Graham et al. 2015; Pruett et al. 2015).”

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Authors
Graham, A. M., Pfeifer, J. H., Fisher, P. A., Lin, W., Gao, W., & Fair, D. A.
Affiliations
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • University of Oregon (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Graham, Alice M.
Venue
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-04
Volume
12
Pages
12-39
ISSN
1878-9293 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1971968971
Cited by
114
References
229
Citations by year
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0.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
NRSA (F31-10667639 (AG); R00 MH091238 (DF), and R01 MH096773 (DF))
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
early life stress, early brain development, task-based fMRI, resting-state functional connectivity, neonatal brain maturation, large-scale brain networks, methodological issues, mental health outcomes
MeSH terms
Brain, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Stress, Psychological

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