Premature birth is a significant cause of infant and child morbidity and mortality. In the United
States, the premature birth rate, which had steadily increased during the 1990s and early …

Neonatal hypoxia-ischaemia (HI) is the most common cause of death and disability in
human neonates, and is often associated with persistent motor, sensory, and cognitive …

Abstract Effects of early life psychosocial adversity have received a great deal of attention,
such as maternal separation in experimental animal models and abuse/neglect in young …

The majority of infants born very preterm (24–32 wk gestational age) now survive; however,
long-term neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems remain a concern. As part of their …

With advances in neonatal care, preterm neonates are surviving with an evolving
constellation of motor and cognitive disabilities that appear to be related to widespread …

In 2003, 12.3% of births in the United States were preterm (< 37 completed weeks of
gestation). This represents a 31% increase in the preterm birth rate since 1981. The largest …

We have correlated data on neuroanatomical organization and magnetic resonance
imaging of transient fetal zones shown to contain connectivity elements (growing axons …

The developing mammalian cerebral cortex contains a distinct class of cells, subplate
neurons (SPns), that play an important role during early development. SPns are the first …

The aim of this review is to present clinically relevant data on prenatal development of
thalamocortical connections in the human brain. The analysis is based on extensive Zagreb …

Historically the major focus in neonatal neurology has been on brain injury in premature
infants born less than 30 gestational weeks. This focus reflects the urgent need to improve …