Nutritive sucking abnormalities and brain microstructural abnormalities in infants with established brain injury: a pilot study.

Eleonora TamiliaMarianna S ParkerMaria RocchiFabrizio TaffoniAnne HansenP Ellen GrantChristos Papadelis

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2019)

We show a correlation between neuroimaging-demonstrated microstructural brain abnormalities and variations in sucking patterns of newborns. The consistency of this relationship should be shown on larger cohorts.

Keyphrases

brain injury
white matter
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage
resting state
multiple sclerosis
pregnant women
functional connectivity
gestational age
blood brain barrier
cord blood
preterm infants