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CHARTING DEVELOPMENT-BASED JOINT PARCELLATION MAPS OF HUMAN AND MACAQUE BRAINS DURING INFANCY
Jing Xia1,2, Fan Wang2, Zhengwang Wu2
1Department of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, Shandong, China.
Summary
This study creates joint brain maps for human and macaque infants, enabling comparative studies of early brain development and evolution. These maps leverage developmental patterns in cortical properties for enhanced inter-species understanding.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Developmental Biology
- Comparative Anatomy
Background:
- Understanding human and macaque infant brain development is key to evolutionary insights.
- Joint cortical parcellation maps are needed for comparative region- and network-based studies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop joint cortical parcellation maps for human and macaque infants.
- To enable inter-species comparability in early brain development research.
Main Methods:
- Leveraged developmental patterns of cortical properties from infant brains.
- Constructed complementary low- and high-order similarity matrices for each species.
- Non-linearly fused similarity matrices hierarchically and applied spectral clustering.
Main Results:
- Generated the first biologically meaningful joint parcellation maps for human and macaque infants.
- Utilized 210 longitudinal human and 140 macaque infant MRI scans.
- The method captured common and complementary developmental information across species.
Conclusions:
- The developed joint parcellation maps are valuable for comparative neuroscience.
- Developmental patterns effectively define cortical regions across species.
- This work advances understanding of brain development and evolution.
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