Preterm birth disrupts important neurodevelopmental processes occurring from mid-fetal to
term-age. Musicotherapy, by enriching infants' sensory input, might enhance brain …

Prematurity disrupts brain maturation by exposing the developing brain to different noxious
stimuli present in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and depriving it from meaningful …

Cognitive and neurobehavioral problems are among the most severe adverse outcomes in
very preterm infants. Such neurodevelopmental impairments may be mitigated through …

Objective Music therapy (MT) is proposed to enrich the acoustic environment of very preterm
infants (VPT) on the neonatal intensive care unit during a vulnerable period of brain …

Abstract Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) provide special equipment designed to give
life support for the increasing number of prematurely born infants and assure their survival …

Neonatal intensive care units are willing to apply environmental enrichment via music for
preterm newborns. However, no evidence of an effect of music on preterm brain …

It is now clearly established that the environment and the sensory stimuli, particularly during
the perinatal period, have an impact on infant's development. During the last trimester of …

Music is known to induce emotions and activate associated memories, including musical
memories. In adults, it is well known that music activates both working memory and limbic …

Preterm birth is associated with a higher prevalence of neurodevelopmental deficits. Indeed,
preterm children are at increased risk for cognitive, behavioral, and socio-emotional …

To evaluate brain development longitudinally in premature infants without abnormalities as
compared to healthy full-term newborns, we assessed fMRI brain activity patterns in …