Brain injury in premature infants is of enormous public health importance because of the
large number of such infants who survive with serious neurodevelopmental disability …

The field of neonatal neurology, and specifically its focus on the premature infant, had its
inception in neuropathologic studies. Since then, the development of advanced imaging …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: WM injury is the dominant form of injury in preterm infants.
However, other cerebral structures, including the deep gray matter and the cerebellum, can …

OBJECTIVES. The aim was to survey the range of cerebral injury and abnormalities of
cerebral development in infants born between 23 and 30 weeks' gestation using serial MRI …

Background The incidence of preterm delivery and the survival rate of preterm newborns are
rising, due to the increased use of assisted reproductive technology associated with multiple …

Perinatal care advances emerging over the past twenty years have helped to diminish the
mortality and severe neurological morbidity of extremely and very preterm neonates (eg …

Preterm birth is a leading risk factor for neurodevelopmental and cognitive impairment in
childhood and adolescence. The most common known cerebral abnormality among preterm …

Periventricular white matter injury (PWI) is a major form of brain injury observed in
congenital hemiparesis. The aim of this study is to determine the usefulness of diffusion …

Diffuse white matter injury is common in preterm infants and is a candidate substrate for later
cognitive impairment. This injury pattern is associated with morphological changes in deep …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proved to be a valuable tool for monitoring
development and pathology in the preterm brain. This imaging modality is useful for …