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    Brain volumes and cortical thickness and associations with cognition in children born extremely preterm
    (Springer Nature, 2025-02) Kvanta, Hedvig; Padilla, Nelly; Nosko, Daniela; Mårtensson, Gustaf; Broström, Lina; Fernández de Gamarra Oca, Lexuri; Bolk, Jenny; Ådén, Ulrika
    Background: Children born extremely preterm (EPT) have altered brain volumes and cortical thickness and lower cognition than children born at term. Associations between these have remained largely unexplored, due to the lack of studies focusing on children born EPT. Methods: Children underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at term and/or 10 years and cognitive assessments at 12 years. The study comprised of 42 children born EPT and 29 term-born controls with cognitive data and MRI data at 10 years, 25 children born EPT had MRI data at term age and 20 had longitudinal MRI data. Results: Cognition was positively associated with brain volumes at 10 years, but negatively associated with cortical thickness at 10 years. Most associations between term age brain volumes and cognitive outcomes were non-significant for children born EPT. Growth from term to 10 years in children born EPT was not associated with cognition. Insular volume was positively associated with cognition in children born EPT. Conclusion: Imaging assessments at 10 years had similar associations to cognition in children born EPT and term-born controls. Insular volume could be a biomarker for cognitive outcome. Associations between brain volumetric growth and cognition require further investigation. Impact: This study investigated brain volumes, volumetric growth, and cortical thickness in children born extremely preterm, who have rarely been studied exclusively, and compared the data with term-born controls. In both groups, brain volumes at 10 years were positively associated with cognitive outcome at 12 years, but cortical thickness at 10 years was negatively associated with cognitive outcome at 12 years. Volumetric growth from term age to 10 years was not associated with cognitive outcome in the subset of children born extremely preterm with longitudinal data. Insular volume may be a potential biomarker for cognitive outcome in children born extremely preterm.
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    Hippocampal volumes and cognitive performance in children born extremely preterm with and without low-grade intraventricular haemorrhage
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023-06) Fernández de Gamarra Oca, Lexuri; Kvanta, Hedvig; Broström, Lina; Nosko, Daniela; Eklöf, E.; Ojeda del Pozo, Natalia; Zubiaurre Elorza, Leire; Padilla, Nelly; Ådén, Ulrika
    Children born extremely preterm, especially those with intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH), are at increased risk of adverse cognitive outcomes during childhood. The present study aimed to explore the effects of IVH (grades I–II) on hippocampal volumes, and their correlates with cognitive performance. The sample consisted of 94 participants, including 54 children born extremely preterm (19 with IVH, grades I–II), and 40 children born at term. All participants underwent a magnetic resonance imaging study at the age of 10 (Mage = 10.20 years; SDage = 0.78), and 74 of them (45 extremely preterm and 29 full-term) carried out a cognitive assessment at 12 years old. Children born extremely preterm had lower scores in cognitive performance compared to their full-term peers. Significant positive partial correlations were observed between global bilateral hippocampus, left CA-field, and left subiculum volumes with processing speed in the full-term group, while no significant correlations were found in the extremely preterm group. Moderation analyses in the extremely preterm sample revealed that low-grade IVH moderated the relationship between right hippocampal volume and full-IQ (F(4,40) =5.42, p = 0.001, R2 = 0.35). Having greater right hippocampal volume had a protective effect on full-IQ in those children born extremely preterm with low-grade IVH.
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    Language performance and brain volumes, asymmetry, and cortical thickness in children born extremely preterm
    (Springer Nature, 2024-03) Kvanta, Hedvig; Bolk, Jenny; Broström, Lina; Nosko, Daniela; Fernández de Gamarra Oca, Lexuri; Padilla, Nelly; Ådén, Ulrika
    Background: Children born preterm are more prone to have language difficulties. Few studies focus on children born extremely preterm (EPT) and the structural differences in language-related regions between these children and children born at term. Methods: Our study used T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to calculate the brain volumetry, brain asymmetry, and cortical thickness of language-related regions in 50 children born EPT and 37 term-born controls at 10 years of age. The language abilities of 41 of the children born EPT and 29 term-born controls were then assessed at 12 years of age, using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition and the Clinical Evaluations of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Edition. The differences between MRI parameters and their associations with language outcomes were compared in the two groups. Results: Brain volume and cortical thickness of language-related regions were reduced in children born EPT, but volumetric asymmetry was not different between children born EPT and at term. In children born EPT the brain volume was related to language outcomes, prior to adjustments for full-scale IQ. Conclusions: These findings expand our understanding of the structural correlates underlying impaired language performance in children born with EPT. Impact: The article expands understanding of the structure-function relationship between magnetic resonance imaging measurements of language-related regions and language outcomes for children born extremely preterm beyond infancy. Most literature to date has focused on very preterm children, but the focus in this paper is on extreme prematurity and language outcomes. While the brain volume and cortical thickness of language-related regions were reduced in children born EPT only the volume, prior to adjustment for full-scale IQ, was associated with language outcomes. We found no differences in volumetric asymmetry between children born EPT and at term.