Network-specific selectivity of functional connections in the neonatal brain.

ABSTRACT: The adult human brain is organized into functional brain networks, groups of functionally connected segregated brain regions. A key feature of adult functional networks is long-range selectivity, the property that spatially distant regions from the same network have higher functional connectivity than spatially distant regions from different networks. Although it is critical to establish the status of functional networks and long-range selectivity during the neonatal period as a foundation for typical and atypical brain development, prior work in this area has been mixed. Although some studies report distributed adult-like networks, other studies suggest that neonatal networks are immature and consist primarily of spatially isolated regions. Using a large sample of neonates (n = 262), we d

SUBMITTER: Sylvester CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977389 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature