Display options
Share it on

Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 23;6:33995. doi: 10.1038/srep33995.

Region-specific growth restriction of brain following preterm birth.

Scientific reports

Sachiko Iwata, Reiji Katayama, Masahiro Kinoshita, Mamoru Saikusa, Yuko Araki, Sachio Takashima, Toshi Abe, Osuke Iwata

Affiliations

  1. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
  2. Centre for Developmental and Cognitive Neuroscience, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
  3. Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
  4. Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
  5. Yanagawa Institute for Developmental Disabilities, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan.
  6. Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 27658730 PMCID: PMC5034268 DOI: 10.1038/srep33995

Abstract

Regional brain sizes of very-preterm infants at term-equivalent age differ from those of term-born peers, which have been linked with later cognitive impairments. However, dependence of regional brain volume loss on gestational age has not been studied in detail. To investigate the spatial pattern of brain growth in neonates without destructive brain lesions, head MRI of 189 neonates with a wide range of gestational age (24-42 weeks gestation) was assessed using simple metrics measurements. Dependence of MRI findings on gestational age at birth (Age

References

  1. Cerebellum. 2008;7(3):223-39 - PubMed
  2. Ann Neurol. 1998 Feb;43(2):224-35 - PubMed
  3. Acta Paediatr. 2005 Dec;94(12 ):1815-21 - PubMed
  4. Neuroimage. 2007 Jul 15;36(4):1074-85 - PubMed
  5. Brain. 2005 Nov;128(Pt 11):2578-87 - PubMed
  6. Brain. 2004 Sep;127(Pt 9):2080-9 - PubMed
  7. Neuroimage. 2011 Mar 15;55(2):479-90 - PubMed
  8. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009 Apr;63(2):241-3 - PubMed
  9. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993 Nov;161(5):1041-3 - PubMed
  10. Pediatrics. 2014 Aug;134(2):e444-53 - PubMed
  11. Brain. 2007 Mar;130(Pt 3):667-77 - PubMed
  12. BMC Pediatr. 2012 Feb 22;12:17 - PubMed
  13. Neurology. 2011 Oct 18;77(16):1510-7 - PubMed
  14. JAMA. 2000 Oct 18;284(15):1939-47 - PubMed
  15. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1996 Oct;17(9):1631-41 - PubMed
  16. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Oct;18(4):343-7 - PubMed
  17. J Child Neurol. 2007 Jun;22(6):761-5 - PubMed
  18. Clin Perinatol. 2014 Mar;41(1):257-83 - PubMed
  19. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Aug 1;170(8):772-9 - PubMed
  20. Pediatr Res. 2012 Nov;72(5):531-8 - PubMed
  21. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):125-31 - PubMed
  22. Semin Perinatol. 2004 Aug;28(4):279-87 - PubMed
  23. Pediatrics. 2006 Jul;118(1):23-33 - PubMed
  24. N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 17;355(7):685-94 - PubMed
  25. Ann Neurol. 2011 Apr;69(4):702-11 - PubMed
  26. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2000 May;82(3):F218-23 - PubMed
  27. Brain. 2002 Jul;125(Pt 7):1616-23 - PubMed
  28. Radiology. 2012 Jan;262(1):224-33 - PubMed
  29. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 20;9(10 ):e109556 - PubMed
  30. Pediatrics. 2012 May;129(5):e1138-47 - PubMed
  31. Ann Neurol. 2007 Aug;62(2):185-92 - PubMed
  32. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2014 May;99(3):F209-14 - PubMed

Publication Types