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SUBMITTER: Baum GL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5491213 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Current biology : CB 20170525 11
The human brain is organized into large-scale functional modules that have been shown to evolve in childhood and adolescence. However, it remains unknown whether the underlying white matter architecture is similarly refined during development, potentially allowing for improvements in executive function. In a sample of 882 participants (ages 8-22) who underwent diffusion imaging as part of the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort, we demonstrate that structural network modules become more segre ...[more]