Whitaker_AdolescentDevelopmentTalk_November2016.pdf (5.79 MB)
Structural brain development during adolescence and its relation to psychiatric disorders
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journal contribution
posted on 2016-11-09, 11:39 authored by Kirstie WhitakerKirstie WhitakerAdolescence is a period of human brain growth and high
incidence of mental health disorders. I will present my work within the
Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN; www.nspn.org.uk)
on cortical myelination between the ages of 14 and 24. I will show
show, consistently in two cohorts, that age-related changes in
adolescence are concentrated on the more densely connected hubs of the
human structural connectome. I will demonstrate the power of integrating
open data sets such as the Allen Brain Atlas with non-invasive imaging
techniques: specifically by linking the expression of schizophrenia risk
genes to adolescent brain development.