2011
Microstructural and Functional Connectivity in the Developing Preterm Brain
Lubsen J, Vohr B, Myers E, Hampson M, Lacadie C, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Constable RT, Ment LR. Microstructural and Functional Connectivity in the Developing Preterm Brain. Seminars In Perinatology 2011, 35: 34-43. PMID: 21255705, PMCID: PMC3063450, DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthPreterm brainTerm control subjectsDiffusion tensor imaging studyFunctional connectivity studiesPreterm neonatesNeurodevelopmental impairmentControl subjectsAxonal integrityImaging studiesCognitive deficitsFunctional connectivityNeural circuitryFractional anisotropyTask-based connectivityNeural connectivityBrainExhibit alterationsNeurobiological basisConnectivity studiesWidespread alterationsMicrostructural connectivityBirthChildrenAlterations
2010
Functional connectivity to a right hemisphere language center in prematurely born adolescents
Myers EH, Hampson M, Vohr B, Lacadie C, Frost SJ, Pugh KR, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Makuch RW, Constable RT, Ment LR. Functional connectivity to a right hemisphere language center in prematurely born adolescents. NeuroImage 2010, 51: 1445-1452. PMID: 20347043, PMCID: PMC2872040, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.03.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityWord Reading EfficiencyVerbal Comprehension IndexWechsler Intelligence ScaleRight supramarginal gyrusPeabody Picture VocabularyGreater cognitive deficitsPPVT-R scoresPhonological processingComprehension IndexLanguage tasksChildren-IIIIntelligence ScaleReading efficiencyLanguage deficitsPicture VocabularyWISC-IIISupramarginal gyrusCognitive outcomesNeurobiological basisHemisphere regionsCognitive deficitsWernicke's areaNeural activityLanguage processing