Different from the Beginning: WM Maturity of Female and Male Extremely Preterm Neonates-A Quantitative MRI Study.

Victor U Schmidbauer Mehmet-Salih Yildirim Gregor O Dovjak Katharina Goeral Julia Buchmayer Michael Weber Mariana C Diogo Vito Giordano Gudrun Mayr-Geisl Florian Prayer Marlene Stümpflen F Lindenlaub V List S Glatter Alexander Rauscher Friedrich Stuhr C Lindner Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof Angelika Berger Daniela Prayer Gregor J Kasprian

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2022)

The combined use of various quantitative MR imaging metrics detects sex-related and interhemispheric differences of WM maturity. The brainstem and the left posterior limb of the internal capsule of male preterm neonates are more immature compared with those of female infants at term-equivalent ages. Sex differences in WM maturation need further attention for the personalization of neonatal brain imaging.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
high resolution
gestational age
preterm birth
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
functional connectivity
resting state
working memory
white matter
computed tomography
fluorescence imaging