Vanessa Kyriakopoulou

Charting structural brain asymmetry across the human lifespan

This paper presents a normative framework for brain asymmetry across the lifespan using a large neuroimaging dataset, revealing distinct spatial patterns and providing tools for clinical and research applications.

Motifs of brain cortical folding from birth to adulthood: structural asymmetry and folding-functional links

This study identifies common cortical folding patterns across age groups using hierarchical surface registration, revealing hemispheric asymmetry and dissociation between folding and functional organisation.

The developing Human Connectome Project fetal functional MRI release: Methods and data structures

The paper describes the release of a large fetal fMRI dataset and presents methods for its preprocessing and analysis to study in utero brain connectivity.

Molecular signatures of cortical expansion in the human fetal brain

The paper presents a 3D digital atlas of the human fetal brain at 21 weeks gestation, revealing molecular signatures of cortical expansion linked to neurogenesis timing and evolutionary boundaries.

A bipolar taxonomy of adult human brain sulcal morphology related to timing of fetalsulcation and trans-sulcal gene expression gradients

The paper constructs a sulcal phenotype network from MRI scans to identify two clusters of sulci related to developmental timing and gene expression gradients.

Gradient organisation of functional connectivity within resting state networks is present from 25 weeks gestation in the human fetal brain

The paper shows that functional connectivity gradients in resting state networks are present in the human fetal brain from 25 weeks gestation, with spatial consistency increasing in primary sensory and motor networks.

Maturational networks of fetal brain activity reveal emerging connectivity patterns prior to ex-utero exposure

This paper introduces a new analytical framework called matnets to study fetal brain connectivity, revealing that high-level associative areas develop functional connections before birth.

BOUNTI: Brain vOlumetry and aUtomated parcellatioN for 3D feTal MRI

The paper introduces a deep learning pipeline for automated fetal brain segmentation and volumetry, showing reduced need for manual refinement and agreement with manual segmentations in clinical cases.

Objective assessment of visual attention in toddlerhood

This study assesses visual attention in toddlers using eye-tracking data from 350 participants and introduces a shared data resource for research.

Spatiotemporal tissue maturation of thalamocortical pathways in the human fetal brain

This study uses diffusion MRI to track thalamocortical pathway maturation in human fetal brains, identifying key neurobiological changes in the second to third trimester.

Neonatal multi-modal cortical profiles predict 18-month developmental outcomes

The paper uses neonatal cortical connectivity data to predict 18-month developmental outcomes, finding that structural covariance networks predict social-emotional performance.

Early alterations in cortical and cerebellar regional brain growth in Down Syndrome: An in-vivo fetal and neonatal MRI assessment

This study uses in-vivo MRI to identify early structural brain growth deviations in fetuses and neonates with Down Syndrome compared to controls.