In recent years, exploration of the develo** brain has become a major focus for
researchers and clinicians in an attempt to understand what allows children to acquire …

Approximately one in five children worldwide suffers from childhood malnutrition and its
complications, including increased susceptibility to inflammation and infectious diseases …

The adult human brain is organized into functional brain networks, groups of functionally
connected segregated brain regions. A key feature of adult functional networks is long-range …

Physical expressions of affection play a foundational role in early brain development, but the
neural correlates of affective touch processing in infancy remain unclear. We examined …

Abstract The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site prospective
longitudinal cohort study, will examine human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social, and …

Measuring brain activity in infants provides an objective surrogate approach with which to
infer pain perception following noxious events. Here we discuss different approaches which …

A key feature of the fetal period is the rapid emergence of organised patterns of
spontaneous brain activity. However, characterising this process in utero using functional …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide detail of the soft tissues of the fetal and
neonatal brain that cannot be obtained by any other imaging modality. Conventional T1 and …

Objectives To evaluate changes occurring in the fetal brain prior to very preterm delivery
using MRI T2* relaxometry, an indirect assessment of tissue perfusion. Method Fetuses that …