Human brain development timeline

Highlights of Human brain development from conception through adulthood.[1]

Conception
Day Event Reference
33posterior commissure appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
33medial forebrain bundle appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
44mammillothalamic tract appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
44stria medullaris thalami appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
51axons in optic stalkDunlop et al. (1997)[3]
56external capsule appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
56stria terminalis appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
60optic axons invade visual centersDunlop et al. (1997)[3]
63internal capsule appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
63fornix appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
70anterior commissure appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
77hippocampal commissure appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
87.5corpus callosum appearsAshwell et al. (1996)[2]
157.5eye openingClancy et al. (2007)[4]
175ipsi/contra segregation in LGN and SCRobinson & Dreher (1990)[5]

Studies report that three primary structures are formed in the sixth gestational week. These are the forebrain, the midbrain, and the hindbrain, also known as the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and the rhombencephalon respectively. Five secondary structures originate from these in the seventh gestational week. These are the telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, and myelencephalon; the lateral ventricles, third ventricles, cerebral aqueduct, and upper and lower parts of the fourth ventricle in adulthood originated from these structures.[6] The appearance of cortical folds first takes place during 24 and 32 weeks of gestation.[7]

Childhood and adolescence

Cortical white matter increases from childhood (~9 years) to adolescence (~14 years), most notably in the frontal and parietal cortices.[8] Cortical grey matter development peaks at ~12 years of age in the frontal and parietal cortices, and 17 years in the temporal lobes (with the superior temporal cortex being last to mature) for women and they have reached full maturity at age 16-17. For men, they become fully mature at age 18. In terms of grey matter loss, the sensory and motor regions mature first, followed by other cortical regions.[8] Human brain maturation continues to around 20[9] to 25[10] years of age.

See also

References
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  • Translating Time — a website providing translation of brain developmental times among different species
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