Moderate and late preterm infants exhibit widespread brain white matter microstructure alterations at term-equivalent age relative to term-born controls

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-49

  Kelly, Claire E ^a,f   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a,b,c   Gabra Fam, Lillian ^a,c   Leemans, Alexander ^d   Seal, Marc L ^a,c   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,c   Anderson, Peter J ^a,c   Spittle, Alicia J ^a,b,c   Thompson, Deanne K ^a,c,e  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Late preterm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonate; Preterm birth; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CINGULUM (BRAIN); COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; THALAMUS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER MICROSTRUCTURE; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84959934590     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9361-0     Document Type: Article

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