Featured Publications
Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Fleiss N, Morrison C, Nascimento A, Stone D, Myers E. Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 260: 113421. PMID: 37076038, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel 3 neonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitOral immune therapyQuality improvement initiativesCare unitVLBW infantsOutcome measuresHuman milkLow birth weight infantsMultidisciplinary quality improvement initiativeBirth weight infantsSecondary outcome measuresElectronic health record usePrimary outcome measureLow birthweight infantsImprovement initiativesHealthcare Improvement's ModelWeight infantsOIT protocolImmune therapyBirthweight infantsColostrum administrationSignificant improvementBaseline mean
2022
Etonogestrel Implant in the Postpartum Period and its Impact on Biochemical Markers in Secretory Activation: A Pilot Study
Nilsson W, Myers E, Buta E, Li F, Laifer J. Etonogestrel Implant in the Postpartum Period and its Impact on Biochemical Markers in Secretory Activation: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Human Lactation 2022, 39: 325-332. PMID: 35466776, DOI: 10.1177/08903344221088554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum periodImplant groupBiochemical markersSecretory activationSodium levelsPotassium levelsObservational cohort studyHuman milk samplesCopious milk secretionHormonal birth controlBirth controlCohort studySingleton pregnanciesHuman milkUnadjusted modelsDay 2Day 4Potassium ratioDays postpartumEarly insertionEtonogestrelPilot studyMilk secretionMean ratioSodium concentration
2014
GABA, 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
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
2009
Long-term Outcome of Preterm Infants and the Role of Neuroimaging
Myers E, Ment LR. Long-term Outcome of Preterm Infants and the Role of Neuroimaging. Clinics In Perinatology 2009, 36: 773-789. PMID: 19944835, PMCID: PMC3808964, DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthPreterm infantsMajor public health problemAdverse neurodevelopmental outcomesLong-term outcomesRole of neuroimagingPublic health problemNew neuroimaging modalitiesNeurologic sequelaePreterm brainPreterm neonatesNeurodevelopmental outcomesNeurodevelopmental dysfunctionHigh riskNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesOutcome dataPerinatal medicineEarly markerSurvival rateHealth problemsNeuroimaging modalitiesBirthInfantsOutcomesMorbidity