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Evaluate whether an individualized developmental care program (NIDCAP) alters in vivo brain function and structural neurodevelopment before full term.

April 1, 2004PEDIATRICS

Early Experience Alters Brain Function and Structure

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HAHeidelise AlsBoston Children's Hospital FDFrank H. DuffyHarvard University GMGloria B. McAnultyBoston University

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Interventional study reveals enhanced brain function and structure in preterm infants following NIDCAP care, indicating that early environmental quality significantly shapes human neurodevelopment.

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Evaluate whether an individualized developmental care program (NIDCAP) alters in vivo brain function and structural neurodevelopment before full term.
Assessed premature infants receiving the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) intervention.
Conducted in vivo assessments to monitor structural and functional brain parameters prior to full term.
Demonstrated in vivo evidence of significantly enhanced functional and structural brain development following individualized developmental care.
Showed that the quality of behavioral and environmental experience prior to term directly improves early neurodevelopment.

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Als et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da65d4b48bb130d4684caa https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.113.4.846

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Interventional study reveals enhanced brain function and structure in preterm infants following NIDCAP care, indicating that early environmental quality significantly shapes human neurodevelopment.

Early Experience Alters Brain Function and Structure

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