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The development of hub architecture in the human functional brain network

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Hwang, Kai, Hallquist, Michael N., Luna, Beatriz·2013·Cerebral Cortex

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Functional hubs are brain regions that play a crucial role in facilitating communication among parallel, distributed brain networks. The developmental emergence and stability of hubs, however, is not well understood. The current study used measures of network topology drawn from graph theory to investigate the development of functional hubs in 99 participants, 10-20 years of age. We found that hub architecture was evident in late childhood and was stable from adolescence to early adulthood. Connectivity between hub and non-hub ("spoke") regions, however, changed with development. From childhood to adolescence, the strength of connections between frontal hubs and cortical and subcortical spoke regions increased. From adolescence to adulthood, hub-spoke connections with frontal hubs were stable, whereas connectivity between cerebellar hubs and cortical spoke regions increased. Our findings suggest that a developmentally stable functional hub architecture provides the foundation of information flow in the brain, whereas connections between hubs and spokes continue to develop, possibly supporting mature cognitive function.

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  • There is convergent evidence that locations of high-strength and high-betweenness hub regions are stable after 5 years of age.

    “Returning to the MRI literature, there is convergent evidence that the locations of high-strength and high-betweenness hub regions appear to be stable after 5 years of age (Cao et al., 2014; Grayson et al., 2014; Hwang et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2012; Wu et al., 2013; Zuo et al., 2012).”
  • Specific connections to cortical hub regions increase during childhood and adolescence, resulting in increased rich club coefficients in adulthood.

    “More detailed network analyses have revealed that specific connections to cortical hub regions increase during childhood and adolescence (Grayson et al., 2014; Hwang et al., 2013) resulting in increased rich club coefficients in adulthood (Cao et al., 2014; Grayson et al., 2014).”

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Authors
Hwang, K., Hallquist, M. N., & Luna, B.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Hwang, Kai
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2012-08-08
Volume
23
Issue
10
Pages
2380-2393
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2163031178
Cited by
226
References
73
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH080243, F32MH090629, R01MH067924)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P41RR006009)
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
brain network development, network topology, graph theory, frontal cortex, cerebellum, subcortical structures, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, distributed brain networks
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Brain, Child, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Rest, Young Adult

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