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Functional magnetic resonance connectivity studies in infants born preterm: suggestions of proximate and long‐lasting changes in language organization
Author(s) -
Kwon Soo Hyun,
Scheinost Dustin,
Vohr Betty,
Lacadie Cheryl,
Schneider Karen,
Dai Feng,
Sze Gordon,
Constable R Todd,
Ment Laura R
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/dmcn.13043
Subject(s) - functional magnetic resonance imaging , neuroimaging , functional connectivity , language development , magnetic resonance imaging , functional impairment , developmental psychology , functional organization , psychology , premature birth , medicine , neuroscience , pediatrics , biology , psychiatry , gestation , pregnancy , genetics , radiology
Sophisticated neuroimaging strategies demonstrate alterations in functional connectivity at school age, adolescence, and young adulthood in individuals born preterm. Recent data suggest these alterations are present in the postnatal period prior to term‐equivalent age in neonates born preterm. Likewise, functional organization increases across development, but the influence of preterm birth on this fundamental infrastructure is immediate and unchanging. This article briefly reviews the current methods of measuring functional connectivity throughout development in those born preterm, and the association of functional connectivity with language disorders. Taken together, these data suggest that the effects of preterm birth on the functional organization of language in the developing brain are both proximate and long‐lasting.