Recent advancements in diffusion MRI for investigating cortical development after preterm birth—potential and pitfalls

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Dudink, J ^a   Pieterman, K ^a   Leemans, A ^b   Kleinnijenhuis, M ^c   van Cappellen van Walsum, A M ^d   Hoebeek, F E ^e  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortical development; Cortical development and plasticity; Cortical imaging technique; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Diffusion MRI; DTI; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONNECTOME; DENDRITIC CELL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFANT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84937548333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01066     Document Type: Review

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