Fig. 2: Precise physiological variability at finer detail across infant brain regions. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Precise physiological variability at finer detail across infant brain regions.

From: Spatiotemporal cerebral blood flow dynamics underlies emergence of the limbic-sensorimotor-association cortical gradient in human infancy

Fig. 2

Population-averaged regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) maps in template space from infants age groups of 0–3, 3–6, 6–9, 9–12, 12–18, and 18–28 months. High-resolution (2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 mm3) rCBF maps were acquired with 3D multi-shot, stack-of-spirals pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeled (pCASL) perfusion MRI. a Six representative axial slices of averaged rCBF maps from inferior to superior are shown from the left to right for each age group. b Averaged rCBF maps are projected to the 3D reconstructed surface of a template brain and displayed in lateral and medial view of both hemispheres. White, purple, and orange arrows indicate relatively higher CBF values in the primary sensorimotor, auditory and visual cortices, respectively, in younger age group.

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