The neuroanatomy of prematurity: Normal brain development and the impact of preterm birth

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-183

  Ortinau, Cynthia ^a   Neil, Jeffrey ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

brain development; brain injury; prematurity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULTHOOD; APOPTOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICAL ORGANIZATION; ENCEPHALOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOMYELINATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MITOSIS; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84923102781     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22430     Document Type: Review

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