Cited by 54Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Decreased centrality of subcortical regions during the transition to adolescence: a functional connectivity study

Sato, João Ricardo, Salum, Giovanni Abrahão, Gadelha, Ary, Vieira, Gilson, Zugman, André, Picon, Felipe Almeida, Pan, Pedro Mario, Hoexter, Marcelo Queiroz +11 more·2015·NeuroImage

Abstract

Investigations of brain maturation processes are a key step to understand the cognitive and emotional changes of adolescence. Although structural imaging findings have delineated clear brain developmental trajectories for typically developing individuals, less is known about the functional changes of this sensitive development period. Developmental changes, such as abstract thought, complex reasoning, and emotional and inhibitory control, have been associated with more prominent cortical control. The aim of this study is to assess brain networks connectivity changes in a large sample of 7- to 15-year-old subjects, testing the hypothesis that cortical regions will present an increasing relevance in commanding the global network. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data were collected in a sample of 447 typically developing children from a Brazilian community sample who were submitted to a resting state acquisition protocol. The fMRI data were used to build a functional weighted graph from which eigenvector centrality (EVC) was extracted. For each brain region (a node of the graph), the age-dependent effect on EVC was statistically tested and the developmental trajectories were estimated using polynomial functions. Our findings show that angular gyrus become more central during this maturation period, while the caudate; cerebellar tonsils, pyramis, thalamus; fusiform, parahippocampal and inferior semilunar lobe become less central. In conclusion, we report a novel finding of an increasing centrality of the angular gyrus during the transition to adolescence, with a decreasing centrality of many subcortical and cerebellar regions.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.09.063

Cites

60 of 60 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Sato, J. R., Salum, G. A., Gadelha, A., Vieira, G., Zugman, A., Picon, F. A., Pan, P. M., Hoexter, M. Q., Anés, M., Moura, L. M., Del’Aquilla, M. A. G., Crossley, N., Amaro, E., Mcguire, P., Lacerda, A. L. T., Rohde, L. A., Miguel, E. C., Jackowski, A. P., & Bressan, R. A.
Affiliations
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (BR)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
  • King's College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Sato, João Ricardo
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-01
Volume
104
Pages
44-51
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2080566039
Cited by
54
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 3
FWCI
3.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
  • UNIFESP Institutional Repository (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2013/10498-6, 2013/00506-1)
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
brain maturation, adolescence, subcortical structures, functional connectivity, network centrality, eigenvector centrality, angular gyrus, cerebellum, thalamus, caudate nucleus, resting-state functional connectivity, developmental trajectories, children
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Aging, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Child, Child Development, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Social Class

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review