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Spatial Patterns, Longitudinal Development, and Hemispheric Asymmetries of Cortical Thickness in Infants from Birth to 2 Years of Age

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Li, G., Lin, W., Gilmore, J. H., Shen, D.·2015·Journal of Neuroscience

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Cortical thickness (CT) is related to normal development and neurodevelopmental disorders. It remains largely unclear how the characteristic patterns of CT evolve in the first 2 years. In this paper, we systematically characterized for the first time the detailed vertex-wise patterns of spatial distribution, longitudinal development, and hemispheric asymmetries of CT at 0, 1, and 2 years of age, via surface-based analysis of 219 longitudinal magnetic resonance images from 73 infants. Despite the dynamic increase of CT in the first year and the little change of CT in the second year, we found that the overall spatial distribution of thin and thick cortices was largely present at birth, and evolved only modestly during the first 2 years. Specifically, the precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, occipital cortex, and superior parietal region had thin cortices, whereas the prefrontal, lateral temporal, insula, and inferior parietal regions had thick cortices. We revealed that in the first year thin cortices exhibited low growth rates of CT, whereas thick cortices exhibited high growth rates. We also found that gyri were thicker than sulci, and that the anterior bank of the central sulcus was thicker than the posterior bank. Moreover, we showed rightward hemispheric asymmetries of CT in the lateral temporal and posterior insula regions at birth, which shrank gradually in the first 2 years, and also leftward asymmetries in the medial prefrontal, paracentral, and anterior cingulate cortices, which expanded substantially during this period. This study provides the first comprehensive picture of early patterns and evolution of CT during infancy.

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Authors
Li, G., Lin, W., Gilmore, J. H., & Shen, D.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Korea University (KR)
Venue
Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2015-06-17
Volume
35
Issue
24
Pages
9150-9162
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W1489066826
Cited by
164
References
78
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2
FWCI
12.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG041721, AG041721)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH100217, MH088520, U01MH070890, RC1MH088520, MH064065, R01MH100217, MH070890, P50MH064065, R01MH070890)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS055754, R01NS055754)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (EB006733, EB009634, R03EB008760, EB008374, R01EB008374, EB008760, R01EB009634, R01EB006733)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD053000, HD053000)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
cortical thickness, infant brain development, hemispheric lateralization, central sulcus, lateral temporal cortex, posterior insula, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, first two years of life
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Functional Laterality, Longitudinal Studies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male

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