2023
Impact of postnatal weight gain on brain white matter maturation in very preterm infants
Bobba P, Weber C, Higaki A, Mukherjee P, Scheinost D, Constable R, Ment L, Taylor S, Payabvash S. Impact of postnatal weight gain on brain white matter maturation in very preterm infants. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2023, 33: 991-1002. PMID: 37483073, PMCID: PMC10800683, DOI: 10.1111/jon.13145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth weight z-scoreMagnetic resonance imagingVery preterm infantsPostnatal weight gainWeight z-scoreWhite matter maturationBirth weightDiffusion tensor imagingNeurological outcomePreterm infantsGestational ageWeight gainCorpus callosumHigher birth weight z-scoresBrain white matter maturationLong-term neurological deficitsZ-scoreBrain developmentWeight z-score changeWM tractsZ-score changeWM maturationWeeks of lifeNeurological deficitsNutritional intervention
2014
Adaptive mechanisms of developing brain: Cerebral lateralization in the prematurely-born
Kwon SH, Scheinost D, Lacadie C, Sze G, Schneider KC, Dai F, Constable RT, Ment LR. Adaptive mechanisms of developing brain: Cerebral lateralization in the prematurely-born. NeuroImage 2014, 108: 144-150. PMID: 25528658, PMCID: PMC4324328, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerm-equivalent agePreterm neonatesPreterm subjectsCerebral lateralizationTerm control subjectsVery preterm subjectsVery preterm neonatesDegree of prematurityImpact of prematurityInter-hemispheric connectivityEquivalent agePreterm birthPreterm infantsThird trimesterControl subjectsBrain injuryLess lateralizationTerm controlsVoxel-based measureFunctional connectivityCortical organizationBA22Interest analysisWernicke's areaYoung adulthoodGABA, Resting-State Connectivity and the Developing Brain
Kwon SH, Scheinost D, Lacadie C, Benjamin J, Myers EH, Qiu M, Schneider KC, Rothman DL, Constable RT, Ment LR. GABA, Resting-State Connectivity and the Developing Brain. Neonatology 2014, 106: 149-155. PMID: 24970028, PMCID: PMC4134402, DOI: 10.1159/000362433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma-aminobutyric acidTerm-equivalent agePreterm infantsGABA concentrationTerm controlsFunctional connectivityMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scansResting-state functional connectivityRegional GABA concentrationTerm control groupResonance imaging scansResting-state connectivityRight frontal lobeConcentration of GABANAA/cholineMagnetic resonance spectroscopyPreclinical dataImaging scansFrontal lobeControl groupInfantsBrainMRI dataAge