Maternal cortisol is associated with neonatal amygdala microstructure and connectivity in a sexually dimorphic manner

DQ Stoye, M Blesa, G Sullivan, P Galdi, GJ Lamb… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The mechanisms linking maternal stress in pregnancy with infant neurodevelopment in a
sexually dimorphic manner are poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that maternal …

[HTML][HTML] General factors of white matter microstructure from DTI and NODDI in the developing brain

K Vaher, P Galdi, MB Cabez, G Sullivan, DQ Stoye… - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Preterm birth is closely associated with diffuse white matter dysmaturation inferred from
diffusion MRI and neurocognitive impairment in childhood. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-8 dysregulation is implicated in brain dysmaturation following preterm birth

G Sullivan, P Galdi, MB Cabez… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Preterm birth is associated with dysconnectivity of structural brain networks,
impaired cognition and psychiatric disease. Systemic inflammation contributes to cerebral …

Breast milk exposure is associated with cortical maturation in preterm infants

G Sullivan, K Vaher, M Blesa, P Galdi… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Breast milk exposure is associated with improved neurocognitive outcomes
following preterm birth but the neural substrates linking breast milk with outcome are …

[HTML][HTML] Language function following preterm birth: prediction using machine learning

E Valavani, M Blesa, P Galdi, G Sullivan, B Dean… - Pediatric …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Preterm birth can lead to impaired language development. This study aimed to
predict language outcomes at 2 years corrected gestational age (CGA) for children born …

Social gaze in preterm infants may act as an early indicator of atypical lateralization

R Davis, G Donati, K Finnegan… - Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Visual field biases have been identified as markers of atypical lateralization in children with
developmental conditions, but this is the first investigation to consider early lateralized gaze …

Eye‐tracking for longitudinal assessment of social cognition in children born preterm

B Dean, L Ginnell, V Ledsham, A Tsanas… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objectives Preterm birth is associated with atypical social cognition in
infancy, and cognitive impairment and social difficulties in childhood. Little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] Emotion regulation and cortisol response to the still-face procedure in preterm and full-term infants

L Ginnell, S O'Carroll, V Ledsham, LJ Sánchez… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
In infancy, stress responses and emotion regulation are often coupled. Both are impacted by
prematurity, though their relationship to one another in the case of infants born preterm is not …

DNA methylation in relation to gestational age and brain dysmaturation in preterm infants

ENW Wheater, P Galdi, DL McCartney… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Preterm birth is associated with dysconnectivity of structural brain networks and is a leading
cause of neurocognitive impairment in childhood. Variation in DNA methylation is …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm birth is associated with immune dysregulation which persists in infants exposed to histologic chorioamnionitis

G Sullivan, P Galdi, N Borbye-Lorenzen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction. Preterm infants are at increased risk of exposure to histologic chorioamnionitis
(HCA) when compared to term-born controls, and this is associated with several neonatal …