Associations between neonatal brain structure and neurodevelopmental outcomes following very preterm birth
Zeyuan Sun, Yan Ge, Marguerite Leoni, Andrew T. M. Chew, Andrew J. Lawrence, Serena J. Counsell, Joseph V. Hajnal, A. David Edwards, Paola Dazzan, Dafnis Batalle, Chiara Nosarti · 2026
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Zeyuan Sun and a team of co-authors linked newborn brain scans to toddler development after very preterm birth in a 2026 paper. Babies born very early face high risk of developmental delay, but early signs of which child will struggle are scarce. The team studied MRI scans of 352 such infants taken near their due dates.
Outcomes were checked at eighteen to twenty-four months with a standard developmental scale. Toddlers with motor delays had smaller volume in the left rear cerebellum back at term age, even when other domains were accounted for. No clear volume differences appeared for thinking or language delays. The authors single out the cerebellum as an early marker for motor risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zeyuan Sun, Yan Ge, Marguerite Leoni, Andrew T. M. Chew, Andrew J. Lawrence, Serena J. Counsell, Joseph V. Hajnal, A. David Edwards, Paola Dazzan, Dafnis Batalle, Chiara Nosarti |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |