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Association between cortical thickness and cognitive ability in very preterm school-age children
- Title
- Association between cortical thickness and cognitive ability in very preterm school-age children
- Authors
- Choi; Uk-Su; Shim; So-Yeon; Cho; Hye Jung; Jeong; Hyejin
- Ewha Authors
- 심소연
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 심소연
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- Issue Date
- 2024
- Journal Title
- Scientific Reports
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Citation
- Scientific Reports vol. 14, no. 1
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
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- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Very preterm children, born before 32 weeks of gestation, are at risk for impaired cognitive function, mediated by several risk factors. Cognitive impairment can be measured by various neurodevelopmental assessments and is closely associated with structural alterations of brain morphometry, such as cortical thickness. However, the association between structural alterations and high-order cognitive function remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the neurodevelopmental associations between brain structural changes and cognitive abilities in very preterm and full-term children. Cortical thickness was assessed in 37 very preterm and 24 full-term children aged 6 years. Cortical thickness analysis of structural T1-weighted images was performed using Advanced Normalization Tools. Associations between cortical thickness and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children were evaluated by regression analysis based on ordinary least square estimation. Compared with full-term children, very preterm children showed significant differences in cortical thickness, variously associated with cognitive abilities in several brain regions. Perceptual reasoning indices were broadly correlated with cortical thickness in very preterm and full-term children. These findings provide important insights into neurodevelopment and its association with cortical thickness, which may serve as a biomarker in predictive models for neurodevelopmental diagnosis of high-order cognitive function. © 2024, The Author(s).
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-024-52576-5
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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