Grey and White Matter Volume Changes after Preterm Birth: A Meta-Analytic Approach.

ABSTRACT: Cross-sectional studies have reported lower brain grey matter volumes (GMV) and white matter volumes (WMV) in preterm (PT) born individuals. While large MRI studies in the normative population have led to a better understanding of brain growth trajectories across the lifespan, such results remain elusive for PT born individuals since large, aggregated datasets of PT born individuals do not exist. To close this gap, we investigated GMV and WMV in PT born individuals as reported in the literature and contrasted it against individual volumetric data and trajectories from the general population. Systematic database search of PubMed and Web of Science in March 2021, and extraction of outcome measures were conducted by two independent reviewers. Individual data on full-term (FT) controls was ext

SUBMITTER: Schmitz-Koep B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8468941 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature