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1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Topological organization of the human brain functional connectome across the lifespan

   Cao, Wang, Dai et al. · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · 2013

   Using resting-state fMRI and graph theory in 126 healthy people aged 7 to 85, the study charted how the brain's whole-brain functional network organisation changes across the lifespan.

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   1. UncheckedAcross ages 7 to 85, brain functional networks kept a clearly non-random modular and rich club structure in this resting-state fMRI sample.“We observed that the human brain functional connectome exhibited highly preserved non-random modular and rich club organization over the entire age range studied.”
   2. UncheckedAcross ages 7 to 85, long- and short-distance functional brain connections followed opposite trajectories, which the authors say reorganises brain networks.“Finally, we observed inverse trajectories of long- and short-distance functional connections, indicating that the reorganization of connectivity concentrates and distributes the brain's functional networks.”