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Scanning Dos and Don'ts: Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Children Aged 3 to 5 Years to Assess Brain Structure and Function

Early childhood (3 to 5 years of age) is a period marked by significant changes in the brain. This development underlies age-related improvements in ...

University of Maryland

Cross-sectional studies in adults have demonstrated associations between early life adversity (ELA) and reduced hippocampal volume, but the timing of these effects is not clear. The present study sought to examine whether ELA predicts changes in hippocampal volume over time in a large sample of early adolescents.

Early Life Adversity Predicts Reduced Hippocampal Volume in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

Early life adversity (ELA) has substantial, lifelong impacts on mental and physical health and development. Data from the ABCD® Study will provide essential insights into these effects. Because the study lacks a unified adversity assessment, our objective was to use a critical, human-driven approach to identify variables that fit ELA domains measured in this study.

Measuring adversity in the ABCD® Study: systematic review and recommendations for best practices.

This paper summarizes recent research regarding the possible contribution of sleep to brain development. Major milestones in brain development and the methods used to track these changes are reviewed. Changes in sleep, at both behavioral and neural levels, that take place during the same developmental periods are discussed. Finally, a few empirical examples that have contributed new knowledge regarding how sleep contributes to brain development are highlighted.

Article	Year
Early Life Adversity Predicts Reduced Hippocampal Volume in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine\| PubMed ID: 38878049	2024
Measuring adversity in the ABCD® Study: systematic review and recommendations for best practices. BMC medical research methodology\| PubMed ID: 40102735	2025
The importance of sleep for the developing brain. Current sleep medicine reports\| PubMed ID: 40123674	2024

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