Delayed stabilization and individualization in connectome development are related to psychiatric disorders

Nature Neuroscience 20, 513 (2017). doi:10.1038/nn.4511 Authors: Tobias Kaufmann, Dag Alnæs, Nhat Trung Doan, Christine Lycke Brandt, Ole A Andreassen & Lars T Westlye The brain functional connectome constitutes a unique fingerprint allowing identification of individuals among a pool of people. Here we establish that the connectome develops into a more stable, individual wiring pattern during adolescence and demonstrate that a delay in this network tuning process is associated with reduced mental health in the formative years of late neurodevelopment.
Source: Nature Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Brief Communication Source Type: research