Table 1.

Characteristics of postmortem human brains included in the quantitative MRI analysis (Group I and Group II).

Age in PCW	Hemisphere	Developmental phase	Cause of death
13	Right	Early fetal phase	Abortus spontaneus
16†	Left	Mid-fetal phase	Abortus spontaneus
16†	Right	Mid-fetal phase	Abortus spontaneus
18†	Right	Mid-fetal phase	Abortus spontaneus
18†	Left	Mid-fetal phase	Abortus spontaneus
19†	Right	Mid-fetal phase	Partus praetemporarius
19†	Left	Mid-fetal phase	Partus praetemporarius
20	Right	Mid-fetal phase	Abortus in tractu completus
21	Left	Mid-fetal phase	Abortus in tractu completus
21	Left	Mid-fetal phase	Abruptio placentae
24†	Right	Late fetal phase	Abruptio placentae
24†	Left	Late fetal phase	Abruptio placentae
25†	Left	Late fetal phase	Partus praetemporarius
25†	Right	Late fetal phase	Partus praetemporarius
26	Right	Late fetal phase	Partus praetemporarius
29	Right	Late fetal phase	Stillborn
30	Left	Late fetal phase	Prematurus
40	Right	Perinatal phase	Asphyxio liquris amnii
40	Right	Perinatal phase	Abruptio placentae

The hemispheres of the same brains are marked with^†. The hemispheres that were histologically processed (Group II) are marked in italic.