From early stress to 12-month development in very preterm infants: Preliminary findings on epigenetic mechanisms and brain growth.

Very preterm (VPT) infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are at risk for altered brain growth and less-than-optimal socio-emotional development. Recent research suggests that early NICU-related stress contributes to socio-emotional impairments in VPT infants at 3 months through epi...

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Main Authors: Monica Fumagalli, Livio Provenzi, Pietro De Carli, Francesca Dessimone, Ida Sirgiovanni, Roberto Giorda, Claudia Cinnante, Letizia Squarcina, Uberto Pozzoli, Fabio Triulzi, Paolo Brambilla, Renato Borgatti, Fabio Mosca, Rosario Montirosso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755830?pdf=render