Breast Milk Feeding, Brain Development, and Neurocognitive Outcomes: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study in Infants Born at Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 177, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-139.e1

  Belfort, Mandy B ^a   Anderson, Peter J ^b,c   Nowak, Victoria A ^d   Lee, Katherine J ^b,c   Molesworth, Charlotte ^b,c   Thompson, Deanne K ^b,c,e   Doyle, Lex W ^b,c   Inder, Terrie E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

academic achievement; intelligence; magnetic resonance imaging; memory; preterm infant

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CEREBELLUM; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; THALAMUS; VISION; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTELLIGENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84997501464     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.045     Document Type: Article

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