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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Biology
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • Developmental pathoconnectomics investigates disrupted brain connectivity during development.
  • Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows in utero and postmortem fetal brain connectivity assessment.
  • Understanding early brain development is crucial for identifying causes of neurodevelopmental and mental disorders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current MRI techniques for fetal connectomic imaging.
  • To explore how pathologies and environmental factors may disrupt connectome development.
  • To highlight the importance of advanced imaging and reproducibility in this field.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on MRI techniques for connectomic imaging.
  • Focus on studies applying these techniques to in utero and postmortem fetal settings.
  • Consideration of potential etiological factors affecting fetal brain development.

Main Results:

  • Advanced MRI techniques can visualize human brain connectivity before birth.
  • Evidence suggests increased vulnerability of the late-gestation brain to pathologies affecting connectome development.
  • Image post-processing and reproducibility are critical for reliable connectomic imaging.

Conclusions:

  • Fetal connectomic imaging provides novel insights into normal and pathological brain development.
  • Further research and data sharing are needed to validate findings from in utero studies.
  • Understanding connectome ontogenesis is key to precisely understanding neurodevelopmental disorders.