Importance Despite apparent progress in perinatal care, children born extremely or very
preterm (EP/VP) remain at high risk for cognitive deficits. Insight into factors contributing to …

The human preterm brain is particularly susceptible to cerebral white matter injury (WMI) that
disrupts the normal progression of developmental myelination. Advances in the care of …

Aim To estimate the association between very preterm birth (< 32wks' gestation) and
intelligence, executive functioning, and processing speed throughout childhood and …

Objective: Preterm infants are exposed to multiple painful procedures in the neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) during a period of rapid brain development. Our aim was to …

Many studies have examined effects of prenatal stress on pregnancy and fetal development,
especially on prematurity and birthweight, and more recently long-term effects on child …

Newborn infants experience acute pain with various medical procedures. Evidence
demonstrates that controlling pain in the newborn period is beneficial, improving …

Brain injury in premature infants is of enormous public health importance because of the
large number of such infants who survive with serious neurodevelopmental disability …

Epidemiologic studies have, for many years, identified preterm birth as a significant risk
factor for psychiatric disorders. There has been a recent resurgence of interest in …

ContextThe cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school-aged children who were born
preterm have been reported extensively. Many of these studies have methodological flaws …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: WM injury is the dominant form of injury in preterm infants.
However, other cerebral structures, including the deep gray matter and the cerebellum, can …