Longitudinal mapping of the development of cortical thickness and surface area in rhesus macaques during the first three years.

ABSTRACT: Studying dynamic spatiotemporal patterns of early brain development in macaque monkeys is critical for understanding the cortical organization and evolution in humans, given the phylogenetic closeness between humans and macaques. However, due to huge challenges in the analysis of early brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data typically with extremely low contrast and dynamic imaging appearances, our knowledge of the early macaque cortical development remains scarce. To fill this critical gap, this paper characterizes the early developmental patterns of cortical thickness and surface area in rhesus macaques by leveraging advanced computing tools tailored for early developing brains based on a densely sampled longitudinal dataset with 140 rhesus macaque MRI scans seamlessly covering from

SUBMITTER: Xia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410744 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature