Patterns of cerebral white matter damage and cognitive impairment in adolescents born very preterm

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Soria Pastor, Sara ^a,b   Gimenez, Monica ^a,b   Narberhaus, Ana ^a   Falcon, Carles ^b,e   Botet, Francesc ^b,c   Bargallo, Nuria ^d   Mercader, Josep Maria ^b,d   Junque, Carme ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d Centre de Imatge Molecular   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescent; MRI; Neurocognition; Preterm; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53249124638     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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