Neuroanatomical Assessment of Biological Maturity

Brown, Timothy T.; Kuperman, Joshua; Chung, Yoonho; Erhart, Matthew; McCabe, Connor; Hagler, Donald J.; Venkatraman, Vijay K.; Akshoomoff, Natacha; Amaral, David G.; Bloss, Cinnamon S.; Casey, B. J.; Chang, Linda; Ernst, Thomas; Frazier, Jean A.; Gruen, Jeffrey R.; Kaufmann, Walter E.; Kenet, Tal; Kennedy, David N.; Murray, Sarah; Sowell, Elizabeth R.; Jernigan, Terry L.; Dale, Anders M.

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“…However, funding agencies often finance projects involving children with atypical development, with much less funds invested in typical development. There are nonetheless magnificent exceptions such as the IMAGEN study, 94 the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, Genetics Study (PING), 95 the study on the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort (PNC), 96 and a recent National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded project on Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD). These are efforts in developmental neuroscience producing fascinating findings.…”

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Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience

Arsalidou

Pascual-Leone

2016

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Neuroscience techniques provide an open window previously unavailable to the origin of thoughts and actions in children. Developmental cognitive neuroscience is booming, and knowledge from human brain mapping is finding its way into education and pediatric practice. Promises of application in developmental cognitive neuroscience rests however on better theory-guided data interpretation. Massive amounts of neuroimaging data from children are being processed, yet published studies often do not frame their work within developmental models—in detriment, we believe, to progress in this field. Here we describe some core challenges in interpreting the data from developmental cognitive neuroscience, and advocate the use of constructivist developmental theories of human cognition with a neuroscience interpretation.

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Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience

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Pascual-Leone

2016

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“…development and aging: in development, increase appears most driven by expansion of cortical area (21), whereas in older age, decrease appears most driven by cortical thinning (14). Although no study has directly tested the lifespan relationship between cortical surface area and cognitive function, the observed age differences in cortical surface area (13,14) correspond more than those of thickness to the observed age differences in general cognitive functions, such as fluid ability (22). Indeed, anatomically extensive relationships have been observed for cortical area and GCA (23,24).…”

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“…It has even been shown that childhood GCA can account for GCA-cortical thickness associations in old age (12). Cortical thickness is known to decrease with age monotonously from relatively early childhood through the entire lifespan (6,13,14). This thinning, albeit continuous, signifies different neurobiological events at different stages of life (15,16), and does not have a stable functional correlate at different ages; opposite relationships between cognitive ability and cortical thickness have been identified in development and aging (17,18).…”

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“…Cortical surface area, which is the other component of cortical volume, is genetically (19), phylogenetically, and ontogentically (20) distinct from cortical thickness. In childhood, cortical surface area increases into adolescence, with decreases in older age (13,14). Whereas both apparent cortical thickness and cortical area decrease in older age (14), cortical volumetric changes appear to be differentially driven by the two components in Significance Brain and cognition change with age, with early gains and later declines.…”

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“…An overview of all samples used in this study is given in Table 1. Cortical area rather than thickness was targeted because of the apparent correspondence of age trajectories of cortical area and GCA through life (13,14,22), and because of the previously identified relationships between cortical area and GCA (23,24).…”

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Neurodevelopmental origins of lifespan changes in brain and cognition

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Krogsrud

Amlien

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Neurodevelopmental origins of functional variation in older age are increasingly being acknowledged, but identification of how early factors impact human brain and cognition throughout life has remained challenging. Much focus has been on age-specific mechanisms affecting neural foundations of cognition and their change. In contrast to this approach, we tested whether cerebral correlates of general cognitive ability (GCA) in development could be extended to the rest of the lifespan, and whether early factors traceable to prenatal stages, such as birth weight and parental education, may exert continuous influences. We measured the area of the cerebral cortex in a longitudinal sample of 974 individuals aged 4-88 y (1,633 observations). An extensive cortical region was identified wherein area related positively to GCA in development. By tracking area of the cortical region identified in the child sample throughout the lifespan, we showed that the cortical change trajectories of higher and lower GCA groups were parallel through life, suggesting continued influences of early life factors. Birth weight and parental education obtained from the Norwegian Mother-Child Cohort study were identified as such early factors of possible lifelong influence. Support for a genetic component was obtained in a separate twin sample (Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging), but birth weight in the child sample had an effect on cortical area also when controlling for possible genetic differences in terms of parental height. Our results provide novel evidence for stability in brain-cognition relationships throughout life, and indicate that early life factors impact brain and cognition for the entire life course. development | aging | cortical change I t is well-established that both brain and cognition change with age, and that although there are early gains, older age brings with it decrements in aspects of both (1, 2). Much focus has been on age-specific mechanisms of neural foundations of cognition and their change (3, 4). In contrast, neurodevelopmental origins of functional variation in older age are now increasingly being acknowledged (5-8), but identification of how early factors may impact human brain and cognition throughout the lifespan has remained challenging.General cognitive ability (GCA) is essential to human beings, relates to a multitude of health and social outcomes (9), and necessarily originates in characteristics of the central nervous system at all ages. Paradoxically, even though GCA is highly vulnerable to the influence of aging, there is a remarkable stability in individuals' GCA relative to their same-age peers (10, 11). It has even been shown that childhood GCA can account for GCA-cortical thickness associations in old age (12). Cortical thickness is known to decrease with age monotonously from relatively early childhood through the entire lifespan (6,13,14). This thinning, albeit continuous, signifies different neurobiological events at different stages of life (15, 16), and does not have a stable functional correla...

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Longitudinal Assessments of Neurocognitive Performance and Brain Structure Associated With Initiation of Tobacco Use in Children, 2016 to 2021

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Key Points Question How is initiation of tobacco use, including electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, and other tobacco products, at an early age associated with children’s neurocognitive functions? Findings In this national cohort study of 17 073 children with neuroimaging outcomes, a significant association was found of early-age initiation of tobacco use with lower crystalized cognition composite score and impaired brain development in total cortical area and volume. Region of interest analysis also revealed smaller cortical area and volume across frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes. Meaning These findings suggest that initiation of tobacco use is associated with inferior neurocognitive functions; evidence-based intervention strategies and tobacco control policies should prevent tobacco initiation at a young age.

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Neuroanatomical Assessment of Biological Maturity

Cited by 328 publications

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Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience

Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience

Neurodevelopmental origins of lifespan changes in brain and cognition

Longitudinal Assessments of Neurocognitive Performance and Brain Structure Associated With Initiation of Tobacco Use in Children, 2016 to 2021

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