Differential brain growth in the infant born preterm: Current knowledge and future developments from brain imaging

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 403-410

  Counsell, Serena J ^a   Boardman, James P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Computational morphometry; Development; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 23944482386     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.05.003     Document Type: Review

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