The premature brain: Developmental and lesional anatomy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Raybaud, Charles ^a   Ahmad, Tahani ^a   Rastegar, Neda ^b   Shroff, Manohar ^a   Al Nassar, Mutaz ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain developmental anatomy; MR imaging; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LESIONAL ANATOMY; MACROGLIA; MICROGLIA; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARENCHYMA; PET-MRI SCANNER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BRAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VEIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84892781756     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1231-0     Document Type: Review

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