Elmo P. Pulli

Epigenetic and brain age across development: Performance and associations in the MIND consortium

Across 15 cohorts (birth to 24 years), 20 epigenetic clocks and eight brain age models predicted chronological age modestly, stabilizing by middle childhood; their age residuals were weakly associated.

Effortful control and cortical brain structure in 5-year-old children: findings from the FinnBrain birth cohort study

This study examines the relationship between effortful control and cortical brain structure in 5-year-olds using the FinnBrain cohort, finding specific brain regions associated with EC subscales.

Cortical gray matter density at age five associated with preceding early longitudinal language profiles: A Voxel-based morphometry analysis of the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

The paper links early language development trajectories to gray matter density in the right superior frontal gyrus at age five using longitudinal data from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.

Functional connectome harmonics capture early brain organization and maturity in neonates

This study uses functional connectome harmonics to analyze neonatal brain gradients and finds that power and energy metrics differ between term and preterm neonates, predicting postmenstrual age.

Functional connectome harmonics and dynamic connectivity maps of the preadolescent brain

The paper applies Functional Connectome Harmonics and Leading Eigenvector Dynamics Analysis to resting-state fMRI data from children to characterize preadolescent brain network organization.

Exposure to Maternal Pre- and Postnatal Psychological Distress: Associations with Brain Structure in 5-year-old Children

This study examines how maternal psychological distress before and after birth relates to brain structure in 5-year-olds, finding both positive and negative associations with gray matter volumes in different brain regions.

skiftiTools: An R package for reading, writing, analysing, and visualising, tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) derived diffusion MR images

skiftiTools enables statistical analysis and visualization of TBSS-derived diffusion MRI data using R, supporting advanced modeling and data manipulation.

Structural Brain Correlates of Speech Disfluency in Early Childhood: A Dimensional Analysis in a Non-Clinical Cohort

This study examines the structural brain correlates of speech disfluency in 5-year-olds, finding associations between grey matter volume and disfluency without significant sex differences.

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.

Neonatal White Matter Microstructure Predicts Infant Attention Disengagement from Fearful Faces

The paper links neonatal white matter microstructure to attention disengagement from fearful faces in infants using diffusion MRI and eye tracking.

Pre- and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms associate with local connectivity of the left amygdala in 5-year-olds

The paper examines the association between maternal depressive symptoms and left amygdala connectivity in 5-year-olds, finding a positive link with local ReHo values.

The FinnBrain Multimodal Neonatal Template and Atlas Collection: T1, T2, and DTI brain templates, and accompanying cortical and subcortical atlases

The paper introduces a multi-contrast neonatal brain template and atlases to improve image processing and spatial normalization in neonatal neuroimaging.

Attentional bias toward fearful faces is associated with maternal postnatal distress and alterations in white matter microstructure in 5-year-old females

The paper investigates the link between attentional bias toward fearful faces, maternal postnatal distress, and white matter microstructure in 5-year-old females using DTI and eye-tracking data.

Structural brain correlates of non-verbal cognitive ability in 5-year-old children: findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort study

Sex differences, asymmetry and age-related white matter development in infants and 5-year-olds as assessed with Tract-Based Spatial Statistics

The paper uses tract-based spatial statistics to examine sex differences, lateralization, and age-related white matter development in infants and 5-year-olds using diffusion tensor imaging.

Parental childhood maltreatment associates with offspring left amygdala volume at early infancy

The paper examines the association between parental childhood maltreatment and offspring left amygdala volume in early infancy using a birth cohort study.

Feasibility of FreeSurfer processing for T1-weighted brain images of 5-year-olds: semiautomated protocol of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab

This paper evaluates the feasibility of using FreeSurfer for processing T1-weighted brain images of 5-year-olds, showing minor effects of manual edits and recommending quality assessment for reliable segmentation.

Subcortical brain segmentation in 5-year-old children: validation of FSL-FIRST and FreeSurfer against manual segmentation

This study compares FSL-FIRST and FreeSurfer automated subcortical segmentation tools against manual segmentation in 5-year-olds, finding FSL-FIRST more accurate for most structures but with overestimation issues for small ones.