Age-related cognitive gains are mediated by the effects of white matter development on brain network integration
Stevens MC, Skudlarski P, Pearlson GD, Calhoun VD. Age-related cognitive gains are mediated by the effects of white matter development on brain network integration. NeuroImage 2009, 48: 738-746. PMID: 19577651, PMCID: PMC2753497, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.06.065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive controlBrain activityWhite matter developmentDevelopmental cognitive neuroscienceExecutive cognitive abilityBrain network integrationWhite matter coherenceCognitive neuroscienceCognitive abilitiesResponse inhibitionAdolescent developmentCognitive gainsBehavioral performanceSpecific white matter regionsFunctional integrationAge-related changesFirst multimodalBehavioral controlFunctional connectivityMaturational factorsBrain regionsLocal processingNetwork integrationFunctional circuitsNeuroscience