Neonatal intensive care unit stress is associated with brain development in preterm infants

Objective: Although many perinatal factors have been linked to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in very premature infants, much of the variation in outcome remains unexplained. The impact on brain development of 1 potential factor, exposure to stressors in the neonatal intensive care unit, has no...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of neurology 2011-10, Vol.70 (4), p.541-549
Hauptverfasser: Smith, Gillian C., Gutovich, Jordan, Smyser, Christopher, Pineda, Roberta, Newnham, Carol, Tjoeng, Tiong H., Vavasseur, Claudine, Wallendorf, Michael, Neil, Jeffrey, Inder, Terrie
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: Although many perinatal factors have been linked to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in very premature infants, much of the variation in outcome remains unexplained. The impact on brain development of 1 potential factor, exposure to stressors in the neonatal intensive care unit, has not yet been studied in a systematic, prospective manner. Methods: In this prospective cohort study of infants born at
ISSN:0364-5134
1531-8249
DOI:10.1002/ana.22545