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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2015

Neural correlates of executive attention in adults born very preterm.

Marcel Daamen, Josef G Bäuml, Lukas Scheef, Chun Meng, Alina Jurcoane, Julia Jaekel, Christian Sorg, Barbara Busch, Nicole Baumann, Peter Bartmann and 3 more

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Article in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Advances in functional and diffusion neuroimaging research into the long-term consequences of very preterm birth.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Marcel DaamenDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany ; Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
Josef G BäumlDepartment of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, 81664 Munich, Germany ; TUM-Neuroimaging Center of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, Munich 81664, Germany.
Lukas ScheefDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
Chun MengDepartment of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, 81664 Munich, Germany ; TUM-Neuroimaging Center of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, Munich 81664, Germany ; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences GSN, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Biocenter, Department Biology II Neurobiology, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Alina JurcoaneDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany ; Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
Julia JaekelDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, Bochum 44801, Germany ; Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, University Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Christian SorgDepartment of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, 81664 Munich, Germany ; Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, Munich 81664, Germany ; TUM-Neuroimaging Center of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, Munich 81664, Germany.
Barbara BuschDepartment of Neonatology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
Nicole BaumannDepartment of Psychology, University of Warwick, University Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Peter BartmannDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
Dieter WolkeDepartment of Psychology, University of Warwick, University Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK ; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Afra WohlschlägerDepartment of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, 81664 Munich, Germany ; TUM-Neuroimaging Center of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger str. 22, Munich 81664, Germany ; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences GSN, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Biocenter, Department Biology II Neurobiology, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Henning BoeckerDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Very preterm birth is associated with an increased prevalence of attention problems and may especially impair executive attention, i.e., top-down control of attentional selection in situations where distracting information interferes with the processing of task-relevant stimuli. While there are initial findings linking structural brain alterations in preterm-born individuals with attention problems, the functional basis of these problems are not well understood. The present study used an fMRI adaptation of the Attentional Network Test to examine the neural correlates of executive attention in a large sample of N = 86 adults born very preterm and/or with very low birth weight (VP/VLBW), and N = 100 term-born controls. Executive attention was measured by comparing task behavior and brain activations associated with the processing of incongruent vs. congruent arrow flanker stimuli. Consistent with subtle impairments of executive attention, the VP/VLBW group showed lower accuracy and a tendency for increased response times during the processing of incongruent stimuli. Both groups showed similar activation patters, especially within expected fronto-cingulo-parietal areas, but no significant between-group differences. Our results argue for a maintained attention-relevant network organization in high-functioning preterm born adults in spite of subtle deficits in executive attention. Gestational age and neonatal treatment variables showed associations with task behavior, and brain activation in the dorsal ACC and lateral occipital areas, suggesting that the degree of prematurity (and related neonatal complications) has subtle modulatory influences on executive attention processing.

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Brain MappingInfant, Extremely PrematureAdultAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityBrainCognition DisordersExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural PathwaysNeuropsychological TestsOxygenOxygenACC, anterior cingulate cortexANT, Attentional Network TestAnterior cingulateAttentional Network TestBLS, Bavarian Longitudinal StudyBW, birth weightCSF, cerebrospinal fluidDLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortexDNTI, duration of neonatal intensive treatmentEHI, Edinburgh Handedness InventoryELBW, extremely low birth weightEP, extremely pretermExecutive attentionfMRI, functional magnetic resonance imagingFWE, familywise errorGA, gestational ageGestational ageGM, gray matterICV, intracranial volumeINTI, intensity of neonatal intensive treatmentIVH, intraventricular hemorrhagePFC, prefrontal cortexPreterm birthVLBW, very low birth weightVP, very pretermWM, white matter

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PMCPMC4633838

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