Comparison between developmental matrices across all connections in the preterm period (ΔMC and ΔFC) suggested a clear trend of positive relationship between coinciding changes of MC and FC, as well as a lower change in one modality if the other already showed high connectivity strength in the early period.
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Early Development and Co-Evolution of Microstructural and Functional Brain Connectomes: A Multi-Modal MRI Study in Preterm and Full-Term Infants.
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While we observed an expected trend of an increase in the segmentation quality with PMA at scan (errors for the youngest subjects could be explained by the landmarks missing or being less pronounced, i.e., for example secondary and tertiary sulci), the parcellations remained satisfactory enough so as not to exclude any additional infants.