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Anatomic magnetic resonance imaging of the developing child and adolescent brain and effects of genetic variation.
Neuropsychology review - 1 Dec 2010
Giedd Jay N, Stockman Michael, Weddle Catherine, Liverpool Maria, Alexander-Bloch Aaron, Wallace Gregory L, Lee Nancy R, Lalonde Francois, Lenroot Rhoshel K
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Magnetic resonance imaging studies have begun to map effects of genetic variation on trajectories of brain development. Longitudinal studies of children and adolescents demonstrate a general pattern of childhood peaks of gray matter followed by adolescent declines, functional and structural increases in connectivity and integrative processing, and a changing balance between limbic/subcortical and frontal lobe...
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