Brain structural and microstructural alterations associated with cerebral palsy and motor impairments in adolescents born extremely preterm and/or extremely low birthweight

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1168-1175

  Kelly, Claire E ^a   Chan, Linda ^a   Burnett, Alice C ^a   Lee, Katherine J ^a   Connelly, Alan ^b   Anderson, Peter J ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^c   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^d   Thompson, Deanne K ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84955201219     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12854     Document Type: Article

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