neuro (ped)

BACKGROUND: Diffuse white matter abnormalities are identified in up to 80% of very preterm infants on magnetic resonance imaging at 40 weeks' postmenstrual age. Several studies have observed an association between diffuse white matter abnormalities and cognitive deficits. We hypothesized that very preterm infants (gestational age ≤32 weeks) with diffuse white matter abnormalities will exhibit reduced executive control and frontoparietal functional connectivity compared with infants without diffuse white matter abnormalities measured using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging at term-equivalent age...