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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Human lifespan changes in the brain’s functional connectome

   Sun, Zhao, Liang et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2025

   The authors pooled resting-state brain scans from 33,250 people aged 32 weeks postmenstrual age to 80 years to chart how the brain's functional connectome changes across life.

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   1. UncheckedDifferent brain systems reach their peak functional segregation at different ages across the human lifespan, according to atlases built from large-scale scan data.“After constructing a fine-grained, lifespan-wide suite of system-level brain atlases, we show distinct maturation timelines for functional segregation within different systems.”
   2. UncheckedAcross life, growth in regional brain connectivity follows a gradient from basic sensory and motor regions to higher-order association regions.“Lifespan growth of regional connectivity is organized along a spatiotemporal cortical axis, transitioning from primary sensorimotor regions to higher-order association regions.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Early Age-Related Functional Connectivity Decline in High-Order Cognitive Networks

   Siman-Tov, Bosak, Sprecher et al. · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience · 2017

   Using a public fcMRI database of 887 adults aged 21-85, the study found that connectivity in high-order cognitive networks declines by middle adulthood, suggesting ageing-related brain changes start early.

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   1. UncheckedIn this cross-sectional study, a motor brain network showed higher connectivity in middle adulthood than in young adults, then declined in older age.“In contrast, a motor network shows increased connectivity in middle adulthood and a subsequent decline.”