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Prenatal neural network organization and later executive function development.

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Authors: Alice Massera1, Iris Menu1,2, Lanxin Ji1, Christina Lee3, Maya Sacasa1, Christopher J Trentacosta3,4, Moriah E Thomason1,5,6
ORCID iDs: Alice Massera
  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
  2. Université Paris Cité, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris F-75005, France
  3. Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
  4. Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
  5. Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
  6. Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
Journal: Developmental cognitive neuroscience, volume 80, article 101745
Dates: received 16 January 2026; accepted 18 May 2026; published online 19 May 2026; in print August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101745 · PMID 42167023 · PMCID PMC13217463 · OpenAlex W7161690524
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code verified
Categories: fMRI (modality), human (organism)
Methods: Spectral & time-frequency, Statistics, Preprocessing, Connectivity, fMRI & imaging
Keywords: Executive function, Fetal fMRI, Functional connectivity, Cerebellum, Salience network, Longitudinal development
MeSH: Brain*, Child Development*, Executive Function*, Nerve Net*, Brain Mapping, Child, Preschool, Default Mode Network, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neural Pathways, Neurodevelopment, Pregnancy (* major topic)
Topic: Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Medicine), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K99HD113873); National Institute of Mental Health (MH126468, MH110793, MH122447); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (DA055338); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES032294)
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Massera, A., Menu, I., Ji, L., Lee, C., Sacasa, M., Trentacosta, C. J., & Thomason, M. E. (2026). Prenatal neural network organization and later executive function development. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 80, 101745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101745

BibTeX

@article{massera2026prenatal,
author = {Massera, Alice and Menu, Iris and Ji, Lanxin and Lee, Christina and Sacasa, Maya and Trentacosta, Christopher J and Thomason, Moriah E},
title = {{Prenatal neural network organization and later executive function development}},
journal = {Developmental cognitive neuroscience},
year = {2026},
month = may,
volume = {80},
pages = {101745},
publisher = {Elsevier},
issn = {1878-9293},
doi = {10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101745},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101745},
pmid = {42167023},
pmcid = {PMC13217463}
}

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AU - Massera, Alice
AU - Menu, Iris
AU - Ji, Lanxin
AU - Lee, Christina
AU - Sacasa, Maya
AU - Trentacosta, Christopher J
AU - Thomason, Moriah E
TI - Prenatal neural network organization and later executive function development
T2 - Developmental cognitive neuroscience
J2 - Dev Cogn Neurosci
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/19
VL - 80
SP - 101745
SN - 1878-9293
PB - Elsevier
DO - 10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101745
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101745
LA - en
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