Brain injury in the premature infant, a problem of enormous importance, is associated with a
high risk of neurodevelopmental disability. The major type of injury involves cerebral white …

Preterm birth and infectious diseases are the most common causes of neonatal and early
childhood deaths worldwide. The rates of preterm birth have increased over recent decades …

Objective: The major form of magnetic resonance imaging–defined white matter injury (WMI)
comprises diffuse lesions where the burden of small necrotic foci (microscopic necrosis) is …

Amoeboid microglial subpopulations visualized by antibodies against ionized calcium‐
binding adapter molecule 1, CD68, and CD45 enter the forebrain starting at 4.5 …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe gastrointestinal disease of the premature infant.
One of the most important long-term complications observed in children who survive NEC …

Despite the advances in neonatal intensive care, the preterm brain remains vulnerable to
white matter injury (WMI) and disruption of normal brain development (ie, dysmaturation) …

Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system that constitute
about 5 to 10% of the total glial population. These cells are responsible for myelin sheath …

Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating mental illness characterized by a broad range of
abnormal behaviors, including delusions and hallucinations, impaired cognitive function, as …

Preterm newborns are exposed to several risk factors for developing brain injury. Clinical
studies have suggested that the presence of intrauterine infection is a consistent risk factor …

Oligodendrocytes (OL s), the myelin‐forming cells of the central nervous system, form a
functional unit with axons and play a crucial role in axonal integrity. An episode of hypoxia …