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Lack of oxygen doesn’t kill infant brain cells, as previously thought

A lack of oxygen as a result of preterm birth does not cause hippocampal neurons to die but does impair hippocampal development. Hypoxia causes hippocampal cells to fail to mature normally, causing a reduction in long-term potentiation and impaired learning.

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Preterm Babies May Suffer Setbacks in Auditory Brain Development and Speech

Preterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are likely to experience delays in the development of the auditory cortex, a brain region essential to hearing and understanding sound, a new study reveals. Such delays are associated with speech and language impairments at age 2, the researchers found.

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Explaining Bursts of Activity in Brains of Preterm Babies

The source of spontaneous, high-amplitude bursts of activity seen in the brains of preterm babies, which are vital for healthy development, has been identified by a team led by researchers at UCL and King’s College London.

The research is in eLife. (full access paywall)

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Symptoms and Causes of a Preterm Baby - Danone India

When your body gets ready to deliver well before the due date, usually before the 37th week of pregnancy, you experience preterm labour. Your doctor would check for your baby’s health and advise immediate delivery in most of the cases.

If you experience one or few of these symptoms, you should immediately let your doctor know about the same, because these indicate that you are about to deliver a pre-term baby soon. Read more

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Preterm babies can acquire their immune system

London, March 10 (IANS) Babies who born prematurely can rapidly acquire some adult immune functions after birth, equivalent to that achieved by infants born at term, according to a new study.

For the findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, the research team followed babies born before 32 weeks gestation to identify different immune cell populations, the state of these…

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Music could promote brain development in preterm babies – Physics World

Giving premature infants daily music therapy during intensive care stays increased structural maturation of their brain's auditory and emotional processing pathways

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Early care essential in premature births

Preterm baby in incubator (Photo supplied by Dr Sara Watkin) Dr Sara Watkin writes: Today (17 November) is World Prematurity Day and here in Cayman we punch well above our meagre size in terms of the standard of care provided to preterm infants born on the island. Every year, 15 million babies are born prematurely worldwide and in Cayman we definitely have our fair share. Around 1 in 10 births…

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Breast Milk May Aid White Matter Microstructural Organization in Preterm Babies

To the growing list of reasons why mothers should consider breast-feeding infants, add another: Critical white matter structures in the brains of babies who are born so prematurely that they weigh less than 1,500 grams develop more robustly when their mothers breast-feed them, compared with preemie peers who are fed formula.

The study will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2017 Meeting between May 6 - 9, 2017 in San Francisco, CA.