Cortical growth from infancy to adolescence in preterm and term-born children

CE Kelly, DK Thompson, CL Adamson, G Ball… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Early life experiences can exert a significant influence on cortical and cognitive
development. Very preterm birth exposes infants to several adverse environmental factors …

Regional infant brain development: an MRI-based morphometric analysis in 3 to 13 month olds

M Choe, S Ortiz-Mantilla, N Makris, M Gregas… - Cerebral …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Elucidation of infant brain development is a critically important goal given the enduring
impact of these early processes on various domains including later cognition and language …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm birth alters the development of cortical microstructure and morphology at term-equivalent age

R Dimitrova, M Pietsch, J Ciarrusta, SP Fitzgibbon… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The dynamic nature and complexity of the cellular events that take place during
the last trimester of pregnancy make the developing cortex particularly vulnerable to …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectories of brain development in school-age children born preterm with very low birth weight

K Sripada, KJ Bjuland, AE Sølsnes, AK Håberg… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Preterm birth (gestational age< 37 weeks) with very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight≤
1500 g) is associated with lifelong cognitive deficits, including in executive function, and …

Neuroanatomical consequences of very preterm birth in middle childhood

ID Lax, EG Duerden, SY Lin… - Brain Structure and …, 2013 - Springer
Individuals born preterm can demonstrate reductions in brain volume, cortical surface area
and thickness. However, the extent of these neuroanatomical deficits and the relation among …

Prematurity affects cortical maturation in early childhood

JP Phillips, EQ Montague, M Aragon, JR Lowe… - Pediatric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cortical development in the first years of age for children with very low birth weight is not
well characterized. We obtained high-resolution structural magnetic resonance images from …

Cortical trajectories during adolescence in preterm born teenagers with very low birthweight

LM Rimol, KJ Bjuland, GCC Løhaugen, M Martinussen… - Cortex, 2016 - Elsevier
While cross-sectional neuroimaging studies on cortical development predict reductions in
cortical volume (surface area and thickness) during adolescence, this is the first study to …

Deep grey matter growth predicts neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm children

JM Young, TL Powell, BR Morgan, D Card, W Lee… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
We evaluated whether the volume and growth rate of critical brain structures measured by
MRI in the first weeks of life following very preterm (< 32/40 weeks) birth could predict …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm birth affects the developmental synergy between cortical folding and cortical connectivity observed on multimodal MRI

A Melbourne, GS Kendall, MJ Cardoso, R Gunny… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
The survival rates of infants born prematurely have improved as a result of advances in
neonatal care, although there remains an increased risk of subsequent disability. Accurate …

[HTML][HTML] Alterations in cortical thickness development in preterm-born individuals: Implications for high-order cognitive functions

KW Nam, N Castellanos, A Simmons, S Froudist-Walsh… - NeuroImage, 2015 - Elsevier
Very preterm birth (gestational age< 33 weeks) is associated with alterations in cortical
thickness and with neuropsychological/behavioural impairments. Here we studied cortical …