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Abstract #0135

Connectivity-based parcellation of primary and high-order cortex from infancy to adult

Zuozhen Cao1, Mingyang Li1, Zhiyong Zhao1, Yao Shen1, Yiqi Shen1, and Dan Wu1
1Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, HangZhou, China

Synopsis

Keywords: Aging, Aging, parcellation

Motivation: The human brain undergoes a remarkable development from newborn to adulthood in cortex, white matter, and connectivity in previous studies. We speculated connectivity-based cortical parcellation may also change during this process.

Goal(s): To explore whether and how connectivity-based parcellations of different cortices changed from neonate to adult.

Approach: We utilized diffusion MRI (dMRI) to investigate the structure connectivity-based parcellations of cortical sub-regions and compared the parcellation-related features among infants, toddlers, and adults.

Results: We observed significantly altered parcellation profiles and changing connectivity patterns during developed. Especially, we found larger alternations in high-order cortex, such as insula, compared to primary sensory and motor cortices.

Impact: Connectivity-based parcellation provided a new insight to assess the development of human brain. Primary cortex has developed sufficiently in early life while high-order cortex developed significantly from newborn to adult. Future studies will fill the gap from toddler to adult.

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