NeuroscienceProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Apparent thinning of visual cortex during childhood is associated with myelination, not pruning
Vaidehi S. Natu, Jesse Gomez, Michael Barnett…·Kalanit Grill-spector A
The paper investigates microstructural changes in the visual cortex during childhood and finds that apparent thinning is due to increased myelination rather than pruning.