Neonatal pain-related stress predicts cortical thickness at age 7 years in children born very preterm.

Neonatal pain-related stress predicts cortical thickness at age 7 years in children born very preterm.

Altered brain development is evident in children born very preterm (24-32 weeks gestational age), including reduction in gray and white matter volumes, and thinner cortex, from infancy to adolescence compared to term-born peers. However, many questions remain regarding the etiology. Infants born ver...

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Main Authors: Manon Ranger, Cecil M Y Chau, Amanmeet Garg, Todd S Woodward, Mirza Faisal Beg, Bruce Bjornson, Kenneth Poskitt, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Anne R Synnes, Steven P Miller, Ruth E Grunau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3800011?pdf=render

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