Erik van Tilborg, Cobi J Heijnen, Manon J Benders, Frank van Bel, Bobbi Fleiss, Pierre Gressens, Cora H Nijboer
Preterm birth is an evolving challenge in neonatal health care. Despite declining mortality rates among extremely premature neonates, morbidity rates remain very high. Currently, perinatal diffuse white matter injury (WMI) is the most commonly observed type of brain injury in preterm infants and has become an important research area. Diffuse WMI is associated with impaired cognitive, sensory and psychological functioning and is increasingly being recognized as a risk factor for autism-spectrum disorders, ADHD, and other psychological disturbances...
January 2016: Progress in Neurobiology