University Medical Center Utrecht, UMC Brain Center, Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht, Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht, UMC Brain Center, Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Neuroimage. 2019 Nov 15;202:116073. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116073. Epub 2019 Aug 3.
The human brain is active during rest and hierarchically organized into intrinsic functional networks. These functional networks are largely established early in development, with reports of a shift from a local to more distributed organization during childhood and adolescence. It remains unknown to what extent genetic and environmental influences on functional connectivity change throughout adolescent development. We measured functional connectivity within and between eight cortical networks in a longitudinal resting-state fMRI study of adolescent twins and their older siblings on two occasions (mean ages 13 and 18 years). We modelled the reliability for these inherently noisy and head-motion sensitive measurements by analyzing data from split-half sessions. Functional connectivity between resting-state networks decreased with age whereas functional connectivity within resting-state networks generally increased with age, independent of general cognitive functioning. Sex effects were sparse, with stronger functional connectivity in the default mode network for girls compared to boys, and stronger functional connectivity in the salience network for boys compared to girls. Heritability explained up to 53% of the variation in functional connectivity within and between resting-state networks, and common environment explained up to 33%. Genetic influences on functional connectivity remained stable during adolescent development. In conclusion, longitudinal age-related changes in functional connectivity within and between cortical resting-state networks are subtle but wide-spread throughout adolescence. Genes play a considerable role in explaining individual variation in functional connectivity with mostly stable influences throughout adolescence.
人类大脑在休息时也保持活跃,并按内在功能网络分层组织。这些功能网络在很大程度上是在早期发展中建立的,有报告称,在儿童和青少年时期,其组织从局部向更分布式转变。目前尚不清楚遗传和环境对功能连接的影响在青少年发育过程中是如何变化的。我们对青少年双胞胎及其年龄较大的兄弟姐妹进行了两次纵向静息态 fMRI 研究(平均年龄分别为 13 岁和 18 岁),测量了 8 个皮质网络内和网络间的功能连接。我们通过分析分半会议的数据来对这些固有噪声和头部运动敏感的测量进行可靠性建模。功能连接随着年龄的增长而降低,而静息状态网络内的功能连接则随着年龄的增长而普遍增加,与一般认知功能无关。性别效应很少见,与男孩相比,女孩的默认模式网络的功能连接更强,与女孩相比,男孩的突显网络的功能连接更强。功能连接的可遗传性解释了静息状态网络内和网络间功能连接变化的 53%,共同环境解释了 33%。功能连接的遗传影响在青少年发育过程中保持稳定。总之,皮质静息态网络内和网络间功能连接的纵向年龄相关变化虽然细微,但在整个青少年期都很普遍。基因在解释功能连接的个体差异方面起着相当大的作用,其影响在整个青少年期基本保持稳定。