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A common brain network links development, aging, and vulnerability to disease

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Douaud, Gwenaëlle, Groves, Adrian R., Tamnes, Christian K., Westlye, Lars Tjelta, Duff, Eugene P., Engvig, Andreas, Walhovd, Kristine B., James, Anthony +6 more·2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: Many evolutionary–developmental models have attempted to relate development and aging, with one popular hypothesis proposing that healthy age-related brain decline mirrors developmental maturation. But this elegant hypothesis has so far lacked clear and direct data to support it. Here, we describe intrinsic, entirely data-driven evidence that healthy brain degeneration and developmental process mirror one another in certain brain regions. Specifically, a data-driven decomposition of structural brain images in 484 healthy participants reveals a network of mainly higher-order regions that develop relatively late during adolescence, demonstrate accelerated degeneration in old age, and show heightened vulnerability to disorders that impact on brain structure during adolescence and aging. These results provide a fundamental link between development, aging, and disease processes in the brain.

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Douaud, G., Groves, A. R., Tamnes, C. K., Westlye, L. T., Duff, E. P., Engvig, A., Walhovd, K. B., James, A., Gass, A., Monsch, A. U., Matthews, P. M., Fjell, A. M., Smith, S. M., & Johansen-Berg, H.
Affiliations
  • John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
  • Research Group for Life-Span Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology and
  • Oslo University Hospital (NO)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
  • Felix Platter-Hospital (CH)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Centre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom;
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2014-11-24
Volume
111
Issue
49
Pages
17648-17653
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2157296433
Cited by
317
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 1
FWCI
13.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • edoc (University of Basel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Medical Research Council (MRC) (MR/K006673/1, G0500092)
  • Wellcome Trust (WT090955AIA)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Keywords
brain development, brain aging, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, intellectual ability, episodic memory
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Brain Mapping, Child, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Monte Carlo Method, Phylogeny, Schizophrenia, Software, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Young Adult, Gray Matter

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