White matter and cognition in adults who were born preterm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Allin, Matthew P G ^a   Kontis, Dimitris ^a   Walshe, Muriel ^a   Wyatt, John ^b   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Kanaan, Richard A A ^a   McGuire, Philip ^a   Rifkin, Larry ^a   Murray, Robin M ^a   Nosarti, Chiara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTELLIGENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PREMATURITY; VERY PRETERM; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053991069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024525     Document Type: Article

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