Microstructural and Functional Connectivity in the Developing Preterm Brain

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-43

  Lubsen, Julia ^a   Vohr, Betty ^b   Myers, Eliza ^a   Hampson, Michelle ^a   Lacadie, Cheryl ^a   Schneider, Karen C ^a   Katz, Karol H ^a   Constable, R Todd ^a   Ment, Laura R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional connectivity; Intrinsic connectivity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Premature

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERNEURONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78751512505     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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