ArticleBrain sciences2021
Functional Hyperconnectivity during a Stories Listening Task in Magnetoencephalography Is Associated with Language Gains for Children Born Extremely Preterm.
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- Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids born Preterm (TALK-Preterm): protocol of a prospective cohort study.Research square · 2026Article
- Structural and functional connectivity in infancy relate to communication skills at age 2 in children born very preterm.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Structural connectivity at term equivalent age and language in preterm children at 2 years corrected.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Virtual lesions in MEG reveal increasing vulnerability of the language network from early childhood through adolescence.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Age-related increases in right hemisphere support for prosodic processing in children.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Correlation of NICU anthropometry in extremely preterm infants with brain development and language scores at early school age.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Asymmetric information flow in brain networks supporting expressive language in childhood.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Neuroimaging of brain connectivity related to reading outcomes in children born preterm: A critical narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Brain Dynamics and Connectivity from Birth through Adolescence.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Extracallosal Structural Connectivity Is Positively Associated With Language Performance in Well-Performing Children Born Extremely Preterm.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Extreme prematurity (EPT, <28 weeks gestation) is associated with language problems. We previously reported hyperconnectivity in EPT children versus term children (TC) using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Here, we aim to ascertain whether functional hyperconnectivity is a marker of language resiliency for EPT children, validating our earlier work with a distinct sample of contemporary well-performing EPT and preterm children with history of language delay (EPT-HLD). A total of 58 children (17 EPT, 9 EPT-HLD, and 32 TC) participated in stories listening during MEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 4-6 years. We compared connectivity in EPT and EPT-HLD, investigating relationships with language over time. We measured fMRI activation during stories listening and parcellated the activation map to obtain "nodes" for MEG connectivity analysis. There were no significant group differences in age, sex, race, ethnicity, parental education, income, language scores, or language representation on fMRI. MEG functional connectivity (weighted phase lag index) was significantly different between groups. Preterm children had increased connectivity, replicating our earlier work. EPT and EPT-HLD had hyperconnectivity versus TC at 24-26 Hz, with EPT-HLD exhibiting greatest connectivity. Network strength correlated with change in standardized scores from 2 years to 4-6 years of age, suggesting hyperconnectivity is a marker of advancing language development.
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