We published a research article in Nature Communications. This study identifies a spatiotemporal continuum of structural connectivity (SC) development along the sensorimotor-association (S-A) connectional axis during youth and further demonstrates its implications for both cognition and psychopathology. This work provides normative developmental trajectories of SC strength across the whole connectome during youth, which are publicly accessible through an interactive platform: http://connectcharts.cibr.ac.cn. We observed a stable alignment between the heterogeneity of developmental trajectories and the S-A connectional axis. This alignment gradually shifted from negative to positive across youth, with zero alignment occurring at around 15 years of age. Moreover, the S-A connectional axis also captures the spatial patterns of SC-cognition and SC-psychopathology associations.

Congratulations to Xiaoyu Xu. We thank all collaborators who contributed to the study, especially Hang Yang, Jing Cong, and Haoshu Xu. We also thank the Network and Information Office of CIBR for facilitating the development and maintenance of the interactive platform.

Check here for more information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73072-6