Impaired verbal functioning is linked to altered white matter microstructure in preterm-born adults
Lena Gambarte, Jil Wendt, Rebecca Hippen, Benita Schmitz-Koep, Dennis Hedderich, Marcel Daamen, Henning Boecker, Claus Zimmer, Dieter Wolke, Peter Bartmann, Christian Sorg, Aurore Menegaux · FENS Forum 2024
Preterm (PT) birth is associated with impaired verbal fluency [1] and verbal processing speed [2]. Interestingly, white matter microstructural alterations in the arcuate fasciculus (AF), superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), uncinate fasciculus (UF), and inferior frontooccipital fasciculus (IFOF) -tracts, which are suggested to subserve language ability [3] - have been found in PT-born children [4]. We hypothesized that microstructural alterations of these tracts link with verbal fluency and verbal processing speed impairments in PT-born adults.Sixty-three PT- and eighty-one term-born (FT) a
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