FIGURE 3. Patterns of cerebral growth.
From the following article:
Growth patterns in the developing brain detected by using continuum mechanical tensor maps
Paul M. Thompson, Jay N. Giedd, Roger P. Woods, David MacDonald, Alan C. Evans and Arthur W. Toga
Nature 404, 190-193(9 March 2000)
doi:10.1038/35004593
a, In a subject scanned at age 7 years and again exactly four years later at age 11 years, dramatic growth is found in temporo-parietal regions (red colours). b, All brain regions are stable in a control experiment (blue colours) analysing scans acquired two weeks apart. c, Between ages 9–13 years, growth is also most pronounced in temporo-parietal regions. d, This was confirmed by digitally overlaying models of the cerebral cortex at each time point (arrows 9 and 13). Growth at the callosal isthmus in subjects aged 7–11 and 9–13 years ( Fig. 2) is therefore accompanied by diffuse growth in its (temporo-parietal) lobar projection zones.
