Kristine B Walhovd, Stine K Krogsrud, Inge K Amlien, Øystein Sørensen, Yunpeng Wang, Anne Cecilie S Bråthen, Knut Overbye, Jonas Kransberg, Athanasia M Mowinckel, Fredrik Magnussen, Martine Herud, Asta K Håberg, Anders Martin Fjell, Didac Vidal-Pineiro
Human fetal development has been associated with brain health at later stages. It is unknown whether growth in utero, as indexed by birth weight (BW), relates consistently to lifespan brain characteristics and changes, and to what extent these influences are of a genetic or environmental nature. Here we show remarkably stable and lifelong positive associations between BW and cortical surface area and volume across and within developmental, aging and lifespan longitudinal samples (N = 5794, 4-82 y of age, w/386 monozygotic twins, followed for up to 8...
April 11, 2024: ELife