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Sahar Ahmad
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Research Instructor
Department of Radiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sahar-ahmad
🗣️ Sa-Her (/sɑːhər/)
🧠 The brain’s network organization appears in early infancy, marking the start of specialized networks for sensory-motor and cognitive functions.

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Spatial development of brain networks during the first six postnatal months - Communications Biology
Longitudinal rs-fMRI (n = 74) charts rapid spatial maturation of infant brain networks over the first 6 months: greater spatial similarity, tighter voxel engagement, and network-specific gains in stre...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🧠 Adult lifespan mapping reveals distinct hippocampal-cerebellar networks and how they reorganize with age.

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Mapping hippocampal-cerebellar functional connectivity across the human adult lifespan - Communications Biology
Seed-based connectivity analyses of a large lifespan dataset reveal strong functional connectivity between human hippocampal regions and widespread cerebellar areas, with age-related reductions observ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
👩‍🔬 Looking forward to curating this Collection as Guest Editor! Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.
July 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
💡This Collection seeks submissions that investigate human brain changes occurring at all or multiple life stages. Topics of interest include
🧠 structural and/or functional development
🧠 connectomics
📈 identification of critical periods of development
💻 lifespan computational tools
July 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM