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Modeling healthy male white matter and myelin development: 3 through 60months of age

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Dean, Douglas C., O'Muircheartaigh, Jonathan, Dirks, Holly, Waskiewicz, Nicole, Lehman, Katie, Walker, Lindsay, Han, Michelle, Deoni, Sean C.L.·2014·NeuroImage

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An emerging hypothesis in developmental and behavioral disorders is that they arise from disorganized brain messaging or reduced connectivity. Given the importance of myelin to efficient brain communication, characterization of myelin development in infancy and childhood may provide salient information related to early connectivity deficits. In this work, we investigate regional and whole brain growth trajectories of the myelin water fraction, a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measure sensitive and specific to myelin content, in data acquired from 122 healthy male children from 3 to 60months of age. We examine common growth functions to find the most representative model of myelin maturation and subsequently use the best of these models to develop a continuous population-averaged, four-dimensional model of normative myelination. Through comparisons with an independent sample of 63 male children across the same age span, we show that the developed model is representative of this population. This work contributes to understanding the trajectory of myelination in healthy infants and toddlers, furthering our knowledge of early brain development, and provides a model that may be useful for identifying developmental abnormalities.

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Authors
Dean, D. C., O'Muircheartaigh, J., Dirks, H., Waskiewicz, N., Lehman, K., Walker, L., Han, M., & Deoni, S. C. L.
Affiliations
Brown University (US)
Corresponding author
Dean, Douglas C.
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-01
Volume
84
Pages
742-752
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2040165142
Cited by
163
References
70
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FWCI
6.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
National Institutes of Mental Health (R01 MH087510)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
myelination, myelin water fraction, white matter development, brain development, developmental disorders, brain connectivity, infants and toddlers
MeSH terms
Brain, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Models, Neurological, Myelin Sheath, Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, Neurogenesis

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