Contribution of Brain Size to IQ and Educational Underperformance in Extremely Preterm Adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a,b,c   Anderson, Peter J ^b,c   Roberts, Gehan ^b,c,d   Burnett, Alice C ^b,c   Lee, Katherine J ^b,c   Thompson, Deanne K ^b,e   Molloy, Carly ^b   Wilson Ching, Michelle ^b   Connelly, Alan ^e   Seal, Marc L ^b,c   Wood, Stephen J ^f   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; STUDY SKILLS; THALAMUS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WECHSLER ABBREVIATED SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84885142875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077475     Document Type: Article

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