Developmental changes of prefrontal activation in humans: a near-infrared spectroscopy study of preschool children and adults.

Previous morphological studies indicated that development of the human prefrontal cortex (PFC) appears to continue into late adolescence. Although functional brain imaging studies have sought to determine the time course of functional development of the PFC, it is unclear whether the developmental c...

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Main Authors: Yuki Kawakubo, Toshiaki Kono, Ryu Takizawa, Hitoshi Kuwabara, Ayaka Ishii-Takahashi, Kiyoto Kasai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192124?pdf=render