Structural connectivity relates to perinatal factors and functional impairment at 7 years in children born very preterm

NeuroImage

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 328-337

  Thompson, Deanne K ^a,b,c   Chen, Jian ^a,d   Beare, Richard ^a,d   Adamson, Christopher L ^a   Ellis, Rachel ^a   Ahmadzai, Zohra M ^a   Kelly, Claire E ^a   Lee, Katherine J ^a,c   Zalesky, Andrew ^c,e   Yang, Joseph Y M ^a,f   Hunt, Rodney W ^a,c,f   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a,c,g   Inder, Terrie E ^h   Doyle, Lex W ^a,c,g   Seal, Marc L ^a,c   Anderson, Peter J ^a,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBAL EFFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOCAL EFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACTOGRAPHY; VERY PRETERM CHILD; WHITE MATTER; AGING; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TERM BIRTH;

AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE NET; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84963799064     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.070     Document Type: Article

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