We propose a multi-layer connectome analysis method that extends the existing majority of single-layer brain network studies. In this method, multiple subjects’ connectome constitutes a multi-layer hyper-network with hyper-edges across layers. Result from applying this method to delineating neonatal brain development indicates that our method can capture robust group-level modules while keeping meaningful individual variability. The “increasing functional segregation/integration” model is further refined by us with a “consistent large-scale functional segregation/integration” with “rewiring-induced module refinement”, as well as an invert-U-shaped subject variability in modular structure in the first two years of life.
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