Wei Gao1, Pew-Thian Yap2, Hongtu
Zhu3, Kelly Giovanello4, Keith Smith2, John
Gilmore5, Weili Lin6
1Biomedical Engineering, UNC-Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 2Radiology, University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 3Biostatistics
and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 4Psychology and Biomedical
Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC, United States; 5Psychiatry, University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 6Radiology
and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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this study, normal and healthy pediatric subjects aged between 2wk to 2 yrs
were studied so as to directly compare the temporal evolution of brain
functional and structural connectivity. In so doing, we aim to determine the
temporal correlation between functional and structural connectivity during
the first two years of life and to reveal whether or not maturation of
structural connectivity is needed for functional connectivity.