Neonatal brain dynamic functional connectivity in term and preterm infants and its association with early childhood neurodevelopment.

ABSTRACT: Brain dynamic functional connectivity characterises transient connections between brain regions. Features of brain dynamics have been linked to emotion and cognition in adult individuals, and atypical patterns have been associated with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. Although reliable functional brain networks have been consistently identified in neonates, little is known about the early development of dynamic functional connectivity. In this study we characterise dynamic functional connectivity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in the first few weeks of postnatal life in term-born (n = 324) and preterm-born (n = 66) individuals. We show that a dynamic landscape of brain connectivity is already established by the time of birth in the human brain, characterised

SUBMITTER: Franca LGS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853532 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature