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Rich-club organization of the newborn human brain
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Significance: To investigate the organizational principles of human brain development, we analyzed cerebral structural connectivity in the period leading up to the time of normal birth. We found that a “rich club” of interconnected cortical hubs previously reported in adults is present by 30 wk gestation. From mid to late gestation, connections between core hubs and the rest of the brain increased significantly. To determine the influence of environmental factors on network development, we also compared term-born infants to those born prematurely. Alterations in cortical–subcortical connectivity and short-distance connections outside the core network were associated with prematurity. Rich-club organization in the human brain precedes the emergence of complex neurological function, and alterations during this time may impact negatively on subsequent neurodevelopment.
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“Rich clubs are also evident in both structural and functional networks in neonates along with both high functional modularity and integration capacity between modules (Ball et al., 2014; Scheinost et al., 2016a; van den Heuvel et al., 2015b).”
From Development of large-scale functional networks from birth to adulthood: A guide to the neuroimaging literature (2017) · cites this paper as Ball et al., 2014
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“These findings suggest that the development of a small-world architecture, as well as the capacity for globally efficient communication and integration, largely occurs during the first year of life and prenatally, a finding that is supported by multimodal structural and functional network analysis in preterm infants (Ball et al., 2014; van den Heuvel et al., 2015b).”
From Development of large-scale functional networks from birth to adulthood: A guide to the neuroimaging literature (2017) · cites this paper as Ball et al., 2014
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“White-matter networks at birth, and even in premature infants at 30 weeks gestational age50, have a rich club property similar to that in adults.”
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“Structural connectivity analyses have demonstrated that well-connected cortical hubs are already evident at 30 weeks' gestation.62”
From Neuroimaging, cardiovascular physiology, and functional outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease (2017) · cites this paper as [62]
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“This is consistent with previous rs-fcMRI studies in adults that used a similar spatial scale of 90 nodes2435 and a diffusion temporal imaging or DTI study in neonates using ~500 nodes36.”
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“A recent structural study in neonates also identified the hippocampus and insula, as well as association areas such as the paracentral lobules, as hubs, which is consistent with our findings in functional networks36.”
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“A recent structural study in neonates also identified the hippocampus and insula, as well as association areas such as the paracentral lobules, as hubs, which is consistent with our findings in functional networks36.”
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- Authors
- Ball, G., Aljabar, P., Zebari, S., Tusor, N., Arichi, T., Merchant, N., Robinson, E. C., Ogundipe, E., Rueckert, D., Edwards, A. D., & Counsell, S. J.
- Affiliations
- St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2014-05-05
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 7456-7461
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC4034228
- OpenAlex
- W1989523430
- Cited by
- 360
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 9
- FWCI
- 18.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Action Medical Research
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (RP-PG-0707-10154, CL-2012-17-006, ACF-2006-21-028)
- Medical Research Council (MR/K006355/1, MR/J014311/1)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I000445/1)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Keywords
- rich club, brain development, cortical hubs, gestational age, preterm infants, cortical-subcortical connectivity, corticocortical connections, brain network architecture, preterm birth
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Male, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Time Factors, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Premature Birth, Term Birth, Connectome
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