Visual fixation in human newborns correlates with extensive white matter networks and predicts long-term neurocognitive development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4824-4829

  Stjerna, Susanna ^a   Sairanen, Viljami ^a   Gröhn, Riitta ^a   Andersson, Sture ^a   Metsäranta, Marjo ^a   Lano, Aulikki ^a   Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention; Biomarker; DTI; Early cognition; Neonatal; Visual function

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GAZE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL REASONING; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84925869472     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5162-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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