Journal article
Neural correlates of impaired vision in adolescents born extremely preterm and/or extremely low birthweight
CE Kelly, JLY Cheong, C Molloy, PJ Anderson, KJ Lee, AC Burnett, A Connelly, LW Doyle, DK Thompson
Plos One | Published : 2014
Abstract
Background: Adolescents born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) and/or extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g) experience high rates of visual impairments, however the potential neural correlates of visual impairments in EP/ELBW adolescents require further investigation. This study aimed to: 1) compare optic radiation and primary visual cortical structure between EP/ELBW adolescents and normal birthweight controls; 2) investigate associations between perinatal factors and optic radiation and primary visual cortical structure in EP/ELBW adolescents; 3) investigate associations between optic radiation and primary visual cortical structure in EP/ELBW adolescents and the odds of impa..
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Awarded by Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program, a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence Grant from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded in part by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program, a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence Grant (ID 546519) and a Project Grant (ID 491246) from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council - the following were successful applicants for the Project Grant: Lex Doyle, Peter Anderson, Stephen Wood, Colin Robertson, Sarah Hope, Doug Hacking, Jeanie Cheong. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.