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SUBMITTER: Ball G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328341 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ball Gareth G Boardman James P JP Rueckert Daniel D Aljabar Paul P Arichi Tomoki T Merchant Nazakat N Gousias Ioannis S IS Edwards A David AD Counsell Serena J SJ
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20110719 5
Preterm birth is a leading cause of cognitive impairment in childhood and is associated with cerebral gray and white matter abnormalities. Using multimodal image analysis, we tested the hypothesis that altered thalamic development is an important component of preterm brain injury and is associated with other macro- and microstructural alterations. T(1)- and T(2)-weighted magnetic resonance images and 15-direction diffusion tensor images were acquired from 71 preterm infants at term-equivalent ag ...[more]