MRI assessment of myelination of motor and sensory pathways in the brain of preterm and term-born infants

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-105

  Sie, Lilian T L ^a   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^a   Van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a   Valk, Jacob ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; MRI; Myelination; Preterm and term born infants

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SENSORY NERVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030788635     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973680     Document Type: Article

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