Cerebral Cortex, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 35(5)
Published: May 1, 2025
Abstract The cerebral cortex consists of distinct areas that develop through intrinsic embryonic patterning and postnatal experiences. Accurate parcellation these in neuroimaging studies improves statistical power cross-study comparability. Given significant brain changes volume, microstructure, connectivity during early life, we hypothesized cortical 1- to 3-year-olds would differ markedly from neonates increasingly resemble adult patterns as development progresses. Here, parcellated the into putative using local functional (FC) gradients 92 toddlers at 2 years old. We demonstrate high reproducibility across two independent datasets. area boundaries were more similar those adults than neonates. While age-specific group better fits underlying FC individuals first 3 years, parcellations still have utility developmental studies, especially children older 6 years. Additionally, provide connectivity-based community assignments parcels, showing fragmented anterior posterior components based on strongest connectivity, yet alignment with systems when weaker was included.
Language: Английский