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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2016

Language at rest: A longitudinal study of intrinsic functional connectivity in preterm children.

Megan A Rowlands, Dustin Scheinost, Cheryl Lacadie, Betty Vohr, Fangyong Li, Karen C Schneider, R Todd Constable, Laura R Ment

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Article in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan A RowlandsPediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: Megan.Rowlands@yale.edu.
Dustin ScheinostRadiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Cheryl LacadieRadiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Betty VohrPediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Fangyong LiYale Center for Analytical Science, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Karen C SchneiderPediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
R Todd ConstableRadiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Laura R MentPediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University · USBrown University · US

Funding

Yale Pathology Tissue Services Shared ResourceP30CA016359 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID L RIMM · 1985 to 2026
$85.0M
RANDOMIZED INDOMETHACIN GMH/IVH PREVENTION TRIALR01NS027116 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MENT, LAURA R. · 1989 to 2009
$11.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016359NHLBI NIH HHS 2T35HL00764926NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS027116NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS 27116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreterm (PT) children show early cognitive and language deficits and display altered cortical connectivity for language compared to term (T) children. Developmentally, functional connectivity networks become more segregated and integrated, through the weakening of short-range and strengthening of long-range connections.

methodsLongitudinal intrinsic connectivity distribution (ICD) values were assessed in PT (n = 13) compared to T children (n = 12) at ages 8 vs. 16 using a Linear Mixed Effects model. Connectivity values in regions generated by the group × age interaction analysis were then correlated to scores on full IQ (FSIQ), verbal IQ (VIQ), verbal comprehension IQ (VCIQ), performance IQ (PIQ), Peabody picture vocabulary test-revised (PPVT-R), and Rapid Naming Composite (RDRL_Cmp).

resultsNine regions were generated by the group × age interaction analysis. PT connectivity significantly increased over time in all but two regions, and they ultimately displayed greater relative connectivity at age 16 than Ts in all areas except the left occipito-temporal cortex (OTC). PTs underwent significant connectivity reductions in the left OTC, which corresponded with worse performance on FSIQ, VIQ, and PIQ. These findings differed from Ts, who did not undergo any significant changes in connectivity over time.

conclusionsThese findings suggest that the developmental alterations in connectivity in PT children at adolescence are both pervasive and widespread. The persistent and worsening cognitive and language deficits noted in the PT subjects may be attributed to the loss of connections in the left OTC.

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Intelligence TestsLanguageAdolescentAge FactorsChildFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleNeural PathwaysRestTemporal LobeBA, Brodmann areaDevelopmentFSIQ, full scale IQFunctional connectivityIntrinsic connectivity distributionLanguageOTC, occipito-temporal cortexPIQ, performance IQPPVT, Peabody picture vocabulary testPretermPT, pretermRDRL_Cmp, Rapid Naming CompositeResting stateROI, region of interestRSC, resting state connectivityRSN, resting state networkT, termVCIQ, verbal comprehension IQVIQ, verbal IQVWFA, visual word form area

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PMID26937383
PMCPMC4753807
OpenAlexW2285043254

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