Journal article
Changes in neonatal regional brain volume associated with preterm birth and perinatal factors
B Alexander, CE Kelly, C Adamson, R Beare, D Zannino, J Chen, AL Murray, WY Loh, LG Matthews, SK Warfield, PJ Anderson, LW Doyle, ML Seal, AJ Spittle, JLY Cheong, DK Thompson
Neuroimage | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: Preterm birth is associated with altered brain development, with younger gestational age (GA) at birth often associated with greater brain volume reduction. Such volume alterations at term equivalent age (TEA) have been found with differing magnitude across different brain regions, although this has mostly been investigated with regards to whole tissue volumes and large-scale subdivisions. In addition to degree of prematurity, many other perinatal factors have been found to influence brain structure and development in infants born preterm. We aimed to clarify the relationships between degree of prematurity and regional brain volumes at TEA, and between perinatal factors and regio..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge support from members of the Victorian Infant Brain Studies (VIBeS) group, Developmental Imaging group, and Melbourne Children's MRI Centre at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, and thank the families who participated in the study. This work was supported in part by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Project Grant ID 1028822 and 1024516; Centre of Clinical Research Excellence Grant ID 546519; Centre of Research Excellence Grant ID 1060733; Senior Research Fellowship ID 1081288 to P.J.A.; Early Career Fellowship ID 1053787 to J.L.Y.C., ID 1053767 to A.J.S., ID 1012236 to D.K.T.; Career Development Fellowship ID 1108714 to A.J.S., ID 1085754 to D.K.T.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute Clinical Sciences Theme Grant, the Royal Children's Hospital, the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Program, and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.