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The Development of Hub Architecture in the Human Functional Brain Network

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Study at a glance

Area
Ageing, Memory & Cognition
Study type
Observational study
Authors
Hwang K, Hallquist MN, Luna B
Journal
Cerebral Cortex
Year
2013
Participants
99
Population
Children, Adolescents, Adults

Key findings

  • Hub architecture present in late childhood and stable from adolescence
  • Frontal hub connections strengthened from childhood to adolescence
  • Cerebellar hub connections strengthened into adulthood

DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhs227 → PubMed 22875861 →

A study of 99 young people aged 10-20 using graph-theory measures of brain networks. The overall layout of hub regions was in place by late childhood, while the connections between hubs and other regions kept developing into adulthood.