Different patterns of cortical maturation before and after 38 weeks gestational age demonstrated by diffusion MRI in vivo

Batalle, Dafnis; O'Muircheartaigh, Jonathan; Makropoulos, Antonios; Kelly, Christopher J.; Dimitrova, Ralica; Hughes, Emer J.; Hajnal, Joseph V.; Zhang, Hui; Alexander, Daniel C.; Edwards, A. David; Counsell, Serena J.

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.046

Different patterns of cortical maturation before and after 38 weeks gestational age demonstrated by diffusion MRI in vivo

&NA; Human cortical development during the third trimester is characterised by macro‐ and microstructural changes which are reflected in alterations in diffusion MRI (dMRI) measures, with significant decreases in cortical mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA). This has been interpr…