Mahkameh Ashourpour, Mohammad-Hossein Kaveh, Musa Salehi, Hamid-Reza Tabatabaee, Maryam Taghdir
Study on nutritional monitoring of Persian malnourished school students: A check on reproducibility and validity of questionnaire
Nutrition & dietetics: the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia
investigate effects early experience brain function structurea randomized clinical trial tested neurodevelopmental effectiveness newborn individualized developmental care assessment program nidcap thirty preterm infants 28 33 weeks gestational age ga birth free known developmental risk factors participated trial nidcap initiated within 72 hours intensive care unit admission continued age 2 weeks corrected prematurity control 14 experimental 16 infants assessed 2 weeks 9 months corrected age health status growth neurobehavior 2 weeks corrected age additionally electroencephalogram spectral coherence magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging measurements transverse relaxation timethe groups medically demographically comparable well treatment however experimental group showed significantly better neurobehavioral functioning increased coherence frontal broad spectrum mainly occipital brain regions higher relative anisotropy left internal capsule trend right internal capsule frontal white matter transverse relaxation time showed difference behavioral function improved also 9 months corrected age relationship among 3 neurodevelopmental domains significant results indicated consistently better function mature fiber structure experimental infants compared controlsthis first vivo evidence enhanced brain function structure due nidcap study demonstrates quality experience term may influence brain development significantly