Functional ultrasound is able to detect music therapy-induced functional connectivity changes in neonates
Flora Faure, Olivier Baud, Joanna Sa de Almeida, Sébastien Fau, Jérome Mairesse, Jérôme Baranger, Petra S Huppi, Charlie Demené · FENS Forum 2024
Functional Ultrasound imaging (fUS) has recently demonstrated the feasibility of assessing functional connectivity (fC) in neonates at bedside1, facilitating brain monitoring in this vulnerable population. Here, we validate fUS in a larger cohort of preterm neonates to investigate fC in a music exposure paradigm for which MRI studies have shown improved structural and functional maturation2,3. Our study involved n=21 preterm neonates (27.6±2.2 gestational week (GW)) born at Geneva University Hospitals : a control group with standard care (n=10) and a second group repeatedly exposed (2 to 3 tim
ePoster · Neuroscience