التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Facilitating early parent-infant emotional connection improves cortical networks in preterm infants. |
| المؤلفون: |
Yrjölä, Pauliina, Myers, Michael M., Welch, Martha G., Stevenson, Nathan J., Tokariev, Anton, Vanhatalo, Sampsa |
| المصدر: |
Science Translational Medicine; 9/28/2022, Vol. 14 Issue 664, p1-11, 11p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PREMATURE infants, NEONATAL intensive care units, PREMATURE labor, ENVIRONMENTAL enrichment, LARGE-scale brain networks, ENVIRONMENTAL exposure |
| مستخلص: |
Exposure to environmental adversities during early brain development, such as preterm birth, can affect early brain organization. Here, we studied whether development of cortical activity networks in preterm infants may be improved by a multimodal environmental enrichment via bedside facilitation of mother-infant emotional connection. We examined functional cortico-cortical connectivity at term age using high-density electroencephalography recordings in infants participating in a randomized controlled trial of Family Nurture Intervention (FNI). Our results identify several large-scale, frequency-specific network effects of FNI, most extensively in the alpha frequency in fronto-central cortical regions. The connectivity strength in this network was correlated to later neurocognitive performance, and it was comparable to healthy term-born infants rather than the infants receiving standard care. These findings suggest that preterm neurodevelopmental care can be improved by a biologically driven environmental enrichment, such as early facilitation of direct human connection. Promoting human connection: Early brain development in preterm births occurs while babies are in neonatal intensive care unit. Exposure to this unnatural environment can affect brain network organization. Here, Yrjola et al. tested whether bedside facilitation of mother-infant connection in preterm babies could affect brain network organization and cognitive performance later in life. Engagement of mothers and their preterm infants in intimate sensory interactions affected cortical network activity at multiple frequencies, prevented some of the abnormalities seen in preterm infants, and improved cognitive performance later during childhood. The results suggest that promoting human connection can have beneficial effects on brain development in preterm babies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
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