<p>Childhood and adolescence are marked by protracted developmental remodeling of cortico-cortical structural connectivity. However, the spatiotemporal variability of white matter connectivity development across the human connectome and its relevance to cognition and psychopathology remains unclear. Using diffusion MRI data from three independent developmental cohorts spanning youth, we identified a robust divergence in structural connectivity maturation along a predefined sensorimotor-association (S-A) connectional axis during youth (<a href="http://connectcharts.cibr.ac.cn">http://connectcharts.cibr.ac.cn</a>). This developmental continuum ranged from early childhood increases in sensorimotor-sensorimotor connectivity strength to late adolescent increases in association-association connectivity strength, with the transition occurring around age 15. The S-A connectional axis also captured spatial variations in the associations between structural connectivity and both higher-order cognition and general psychopathology. Moreover, group-level developmental trajectories of structural connectivity differed by cognitive and psychopathological levels, with psychopathological effects predominantly observed in association connections. These findings delineate a spatiotemporal continuum of structural connectivity development during youth, providing a normative reference for quantifying developmental variability in psychiatric disorders.</p>

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Mapping the spatiotemporal continuum of structural connectivity development across the human connectome in youth

  • Xiaoyu Xu,
  • Hang Yang,
  • Jing Cong,
  • Haoshu Xu,
  • Jason Kai,
  • Shaoling Zhao,
  • Yang Li,
  • Haochang Shou,
  • Kangcheng Wang,
  • Valerie J. Sydnor,
  • Ting Xu,
  • Fang-Cheng Yeh,
  • Zaixu Cui

摘要

Childhood and adolescence are marked by protracted developmental remodeling of cortico-cortical structural connectivity. However, the spatiotemporal variability of white matter connectivity development across the human connectome and its relevance to cognition and psychopathology remains unclear. Using diffusion MRI data from three independent developmental cohorts spanning youth, we identified a robust divergence in structural connectivity maturation along a predefined sensorimotor-association (S-A) connectional axis during youth (http://connectcharts.cibr.ac.cn). This developmental continuum ranged from early childhood increases in sensorimotor-sensorimotor connectivity strength to late adolescent increases in association-association connectivity strength, with the transition occurring around age 15. The S-A connectional axis also captured spatial variations in the associations between structural connectivity and both higher-order cognition and general psychopathology. Moreover, group-level developmental trajectories of structural connectivity differed by cognitive and psychopathological levels, with psychopathological effects predominantly observed in association connections. These findings delineate a spatiotemporal continuum of structural connectivity development during youth, providing a normative reference for quantifying developmental variability in psychiatric disorders.