Enhanced nutrient supply to very low birth weight infants is associated with improved white matter maturation and head growth

Neonatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-75

  Strømmen, Kenneth ^a,b   Blakstad, Elin W ^b,c   Moltu, Sissel J ^b,d   Almaas, Astrid N ^b,c   Westerberg, Ane C ^b,h   Amlien, Inge K ^e   Rønnestad, Arild E ^a   Nakstad, Britt ^c   Drevon, Christian A ^b   Bjørnerud, Atle ^a,e,f   Courivaud, Frederic ^a   Hol, Per K ^a   Veierød, Marit B ^b,g   Fjell, Anders M ^e   Walhovd, Kristine B ^e   Iversen, Per O ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Research Group for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition   (Norway)

^f Department of Physics ^*  (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h Atlantis Medical University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Brain maturation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Growth and nutrition; Mean diffusivity; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CLINOLEIC; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FAT; FATTY ACID; LIPID; PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEAD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84919340188     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368181     Document Type: Article

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