Gao Wei, Alcauter Sarael, Smith J Keith, Gilmore John H, Lin Weili
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rm 3105, Bioinformatics Building, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA,
Brain Struct Funct. 2015 Mar;220(2):1173-86. doi: 10.1007/s00429-014-0710-3. Epub 2014 Jan 28.
The brain's mature functional network architecture has been extensively studied but the early emergence of the brain's network organization remains largely unknown. In this study, leveraging a large sample (143 subjects) with longitudinal rsfMRI scans (333 datasets), we aimed to characterize the important developmental process of the brain's functional network architecture during the first 2 years of life. Based on spatial independent component analysis and longitudinal linear mixed effect modeling, our results unveiled the detailed topology and growth trajectories of nine cortical functional networks. Within networks, our findings clearly separated the brains networks into two categories: primary networks were topologically adult-like in neonates while higher-order networks were topologically incomplete and isolated in neonates but demonstrated consistent synchronization during the first 2 years of life (connectivity increases 0.13-0.35). Between networks, our results demonstrated both network-level connectivity decreases (-0.02 to -0.64) and increases (0.05-0.18) but decreasing connections (n = 14) dominated increasing ones (n = 5). Finally, significant sex differences were observed with boys demonstrating faster network-level connectivity increases among the two frontoparietal networks (growth rate was 1.63e-4 per day for girls and 2.69e-4 per day for boys, p < 1e-4). Overall, our study delineated the development of the whole brain functional architecture during the first 2 years of life featuring significant changes of both within- and between-network interactions.
大脑成熟的功能网络架构已得到广泛研究,但大脑网络组织的早期形成仍 largely 未知。在本研究中,我们利用一个大样本(143 名受试者)的纵向静息态功能磁共振成像扫描(333 个数据集),旨在描绘生命最初两年大脑功能网络架构的重要发育过程。基于空间独立成分分析和纵向线性混合效应模型,我们的结果揭示了九个皮质功能网络的详细拓扑结构和生长轨迹。在网络内部,我们的发现明确将大脑网络分为两类:初级网络在新生儿期拓扑结构就类似成人,而高阶网络在新生儿期拓扑结构不完整且相互孤立,但在生命的头两年表现出一致的同步性(连接性增加 0.13 - 0.35)。在网络之间,我们的结果显示网络层面的连接既有减少(-0.02 至 -0.64)也有增加(0.05 - 0.18),但减少的连接(n = 14)多于增加的连接(n = 5)。最后,观察到显著的性别差异,男孩在两个额顶叶网络中网络层面的连接增加更快(女孩的生长速率为每天 1.63e - 4,男孩为每天 2.69e - 4,p < 1e - 4)。总体而言,我们的研究描绘了生命最初两年全脑功能架构的发育情况,其特点是网络内部和网络之间的相互作用都有显著变化。