Myelin development in visual scene-network tracts beyond late childhood : A multimethod neuroimaging study

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The visual scene-network-comprising the parahippocampal place area (PPA), retrosplenial cortex (RSC), and occipital place area (OPA)-shows a prolonged functional development. Structural development of white matter that underlies the scene-network has not been investigated despite its potential influence on scene-network function. The key factor for white matter maturation is myelination. However, research on myelination using the gold standard method of post-mortem histology is scarce. In vivo alternatives diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and myelin water imaging (MWI) so far report broad-scale findings that prohibit inferences concerning the scene-network. Here, we combine MWI, DWI tractography, and fMRI to investigate myelination in scene-network tracts in middle childhood, late childhood, and adulthood. We report increasing myelin from middle childhood to adulthood in right PPA-OPA, and trends towards increases in the left and right RSC-OPA tracts. Investigating tracts to regions highly connected with the scene-network, such as early visual cortex and the hippocampus, did not yield any significant age group differences. Our findings indicate that structural development coincides with functional development in the scene-network, possibly enabling structure-function interactions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:137

Enthalten in:

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior - 137(2021) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 18-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meissner, Tobias W [VerfasserIn]
Genç, Erhan [VerfasserIn]
Mädler, Burkhard [VerfasserIn]
Weigelt, Sarah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Connectivity
Diffusion weighted imaging
Journal Article
Maturation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Scene recognition
White matter

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Date Completed 07.07.2021

Date Revised 07.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cortex.2020.12.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321477200