Dani Beck

Oct 30, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Dani Beck |Lars T. Westlye |Christian K. Tamnes |Linn RS Lindseth

AbstractPre- and perinatal factors such as maternal pregnancy and child birth complications affect child brain development, emphasizing the importance of early life exposures. While most previous studies have focused on a few variables in isolation, here, we investigated associations between a broad range of pregnancy- and birth-related variables and multivariate cortical brain MRI features. Our sample consisted of 8,396 children aged 8.9 to 11.1 years from the ABCD Study.

Apr 22, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dani Beck |Tiril P. Gurholt |Irene Voldsbekk |Ivan Maximov

1 INTRODUCTION Ageing has been defined as a multisystem and time-dependent process involving progressive loss of functional and physiological integrity (López-Otín et al., 2013). While advanced age is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, ageing is highly heterogeneous, with differential ageing rates across biological systems and individuals (Cevenini et al., 2008).

Feb 1, 2024 | nature.com | Max Korbmacher |Dani Beck |Ole A. Andreassen |Lars T. Westlye

AbstractThe human brain demonstrates structural and functional asymmetries which have implications for ageing and mental and neurological disease development. We used a set of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) metrics derived from structural and diffusion MRI data in N=48,040 UK Biobank participants to evaluate age-related differences in brain asymmetry. Most regional grey and white matter metrics presented asymmetry, which were higher later in life.