Maturation of cerebral electrical activity and development of cortical folding in young very preterm infants

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Biagioni, E ^a,b,d   Frisone, M F ^a,b,c   Laroche, S ^a,b   Kapetanakis, B A ^a,b   Ricci, D ^b,c   Adeyi Obe, M ^a,b   Lewis, H ^a,b   Kennea, N ^a,b   Cioni, G ^a,b   Cowan, F ^a,b   Rutherford, M ^a,b   Azzopardi, D ^a,b   Mercuri, E ^a,b,c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d PISTOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Maturation; MRI; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 33845625712     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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