Editors Choice: Neonatal MRI is associated with future cognition and academic achievement in preterm children

摘要

Ullman and Spencer-Smith et al. use neonatal structural MRI to predict cognitive and academic functioning at 5 and 7 years in very preterm children. Univariable and multivariable models reveal associations between the neonatal volume of regions in the vicinity of the insula and putamen, white matter microstructure and childhood working memory and mathematical skills.