Neurocognitive development in preterm infants: Insights from different approaches

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 536-555

  Mento, Giovanni ^a   Bisiacchi, Patrizia Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DTI; EEG; ERPs; F MRI; F NIRS; Infants; MEG; MRI; Neurocognitive development; Preterm; Structural and functional

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 82855165072     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.08.008     Document Type: Review

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