Young adults born preterm with very low birth weight demonstrate widespread white matter alterations on brain DTI

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1774-1785

  Eikenes, Live ^a   Løhaugen, Gro C ^a,b   Brubakk, Ann Mari ^a,c   Skranes, Jon ^a,b   Håberg, Asta K ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; IQ; Perinatal factors; Preterm birth; Very low birth weight; White matter integrity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; VENTILATOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650192129     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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