Gray Matter Growth Is Accompanied by Increasing Blood Flow and Decreasing Apparent Diffusion Coefficient during Childhood.

Nils Daniel ForkertMatthew D LiRobert M LoberKristen W Yeom
Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)
Normal brain gray matter is characterized by rapid early volume growth and increasing CBF with concomitantly decreasing ADC. The extracted reference data that combine CBF and ADC parameters during brain growth may provide a useful resource when assessing pathologic changes in children.