Cortical vision, MRI and developmental outcome in preterm infants.

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OBJECTIVES: To test two measures of visual cortical function in the first year of life as early markers of functionally significant brain damage in infants born preterm: orientation-reversal visual event-related potentials (OR-VERP) and a behavioural test of cortically controlled visual attention-fixation shifts under competition (FS). Also to examine how these measures relate to (1) perinatal brain insults identified by MRI, and (2) later neurodevelopmental status. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Afte...

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Authors: Atkinson, J; Braddick, O; Anker, S; Nardini, M; Birtles, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 4
• Pages: F292-F297
• Publication date: 2008-07-01
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.116988
• EISSN: 1468-2052
• ISSN: 1359-2998
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cerebral Ventricles; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Infant, Premature; Cohort Studies; Child Development; Infant, Newborn; Vision, Ocular; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Developmental Disabilities; Visual Cortex; Male