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SUMMARY:The convergence of maturation and structural covariance in the hum
 an cortex and their relationship with intrinsic brain activity. - Aaron Al
 exander-Bloch\, NIH and the Brain Mapping Unit\, Department of Psychiatry\
 , University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Petra Vertes
DESCRIPTION:Correlations in regional cortical thickness or volume across h
 uman subjects have been consistently reported for over a decade\, and it h
 as been speculated that the mechanism of this “structural connectivity
 ” is related to coupled maturation across the lifespan. Regions that are
  connected to each other may grow at the same rate\, leading to inter-regi
 onal correlations of cortical thickness or volume in adult brains. The ext
 ent to which such anatomically or functionally connected brain regions dem
 onstrate coordinated structural maturation during childhood and adolescenc
 e is unknown. To address these issues\, we conducted the first network ana
 lysis of correlated anatomical change in the human brain\, demonstrating h
 ow maturation underlies cross-sectional cortical thickness correlations. W
 e further used fMRI gathered in a group of the same subjects to quantify c
 onvergence between structural\, maturational and functional brain networks
 .
LOCATION:MRC CBU\, Chaucer Road
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