How does mild hypoxia affect preterm babies? New research identifies a molecular mechanism that disrupts hippocampal ...

Mild, intermittent oxygen deprivation in preterm infants disrupts brain connectivity, alters neuron development, and may ...

During intensive care after preterm births, babies can experience low oxygen in their tissue and cells-or hypoxia.

OHSU findings call for investment in early intervention, treatment to support memory, learning A team of researchers evaluated the ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth to help mature the fetus's lungs and reduce the chances of serious health issues. However, ...

University of Helsinki researchers have developed artificial intelligence software, which can evaluate the maturity of a preterm infant's brain directly from an EEG. Researchers at the University of ...

In a cohort of 395 preterm infants (median gestational age, 29.6 weeks), maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) affected 43% of cases and were associated with reduced cognitive and ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...

A study in JAMA Network Open, led by experts at Cincinnati Children's, used MRI brain scans and cognitive testing to confirm a link between maternal high blood pressure and brain anomalies among ...

Dr. Gregory is Professor of Nursing at the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, and Research Faculty in the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr.