A longitudinal resource for population neuroscience of school-age children and adolescents in China

Fan, X.-R.; Wang, Y.-S.; Chang, D.; Yang, N.; Rong, M.-J.; Zhang, Z.; He, Y.; Hou, X.; Zhou, Q.; Gong, Z.-Q.; Cao, L.-Z.; Dong, H.-M.; Nie, J.-J.; Chen, L.-Z.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, J.-X.; Li, H.-J.; Bao, M.; Chen, A.; Chen, J.; Chen, X.; Ding, J.; Dong, X.; Du, Y.; Feng, C.; Feng, T.; Fu, X.; Ge, L.-K.; Hong, B.; Hu, X.; Huang, W.; Jiang, C.; Li, L.; Li, Q.; Li, S.; Liu, X.; Mo, F.; Qiu, J.; Su, X.-Q.; Wei, G.-X.; Wu, Y.; Xia, H.; Yan, C.-G.; Yan, Z.-X.; Yang, X.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, K.; Zhu, L.; Lifespan Brain Chart Consortium,; Chinese Color Nest Consortium,; Zuo, X.-N.

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A longitudinal resource for population neuroscience of school-age children and adolescents in China

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During the past decade, cognitive neuroscience has been calling for population diversity to address the challenge of validity and generalizability, ushering in a new era of population neuroscience. The developing Chinese Color Nest Project (devCCNP, 2013-2022), a ten-year pilot stage of the lifespan CCNP (2013-2032), is an ongoing project focusing on brain-mind development. The project aims to create and share a large-scale, longitudinal and multimodal dataset of typically developing children and adolescents (ages 6.0-17.9 at enrolment) in the Chinese population. The devCCNP houses not only phenotypes measured by demographic, biophysical, psychological and behavioural, cognitive, affective, and ocular-tracking assessments but also neurotypes measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain morphometry, resting-state function, naturalistic viewing function and diffusion structure. This Data Descriptor introduces the first data release of devCCNP including a total of 864 visits from 479 participants. Herein, we provided details of the experimental design, sampling strategies, and technical validation of the devCCNP resource. We demonstrate and discuss the potential of a multicohort longitudinal design to depict normative brain growth curves from the perspective of developmental population neuroscience. The devCCNP resource is shared as part of the "Chinese Data-sharing Warehouse for In-vivo Imaging Brain" in the Chinese Color Nest Project (CCNP) - Lifespan Brain-Mind Development Data Community (https://www.scidb.cn/en/c/ccnp) at the Science Data Bank. Design TypesO_LIAccelerated longitudinal design C_LIO_LIBrain-mind development C_LIO_LIPopulation imaging C_LIO_LIBrain chart C_LIO_LIRepeated measure C_LI MeasurementsO_LIPsychological behaviours C_LIO_LIBiophysical and physical measures C_LIO_LIIntelligence quotient measure C_LIO_LINeuroimaging C_LI Sample Characteristic - OrganismO_LIHomo sapiens C_LI Sample Characteristic - EnvironmentO_LISchool- and community-based sample C_LI Sample Characteristic - LocationO_LIChongqing and Beijing, China C_LI DurationO_LI10 years (2013-2022) C_LI

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Fan, X.-R., Wang, Y.-S., Chang, D., Yang, N., Rong, M.-J., Zhang, Z., He, Y., Hou, X., Zhou, Q., Gong, Z.-Q., Cao, L.-Z., Dong, H.-M., Nie, J.-J., Chen, L.-Z., Zhang, Q., Zhang, J.-X., Li, H.-J., Bao, M., Chen, A., Chen, J., Chen, X., Ding, J., Dong, X., Du, Y., Feng, C., Feng, T., Fu, X., Ge, L.-K., Hong, B., Hu, X., Huang, W., Jiang, C., Li, L., Li, Q., Li, S., Liu, X., Mo, F., Qiu, J., Su, X.-Q., Wei, G.-X., Wu, Y., Xia, H., Yan, C.-G., Yan, Z.-X., Yang, X., Zhang, W., Zhao, K., Zhu, L., Lifespan Brain Chart Consortium,, Chinese Color Nest Consortium,, Zuo, X.-N.. 2023-04-08. A longitudinal resource for population neuroscience of school-age children and adolescents in China. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.07.535977

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