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This protocol describes the development of a neonatal piglet model of acute lung injury that models early pathogenic events occurring in the preterm lung, including sub-adequate surfactant quantity, hyperoxia, high-pressure ventilation, and inflammation, to facilitate understanding of molecular triggers of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and enhance therapeutic translation.
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A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
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This manuscript describes the Research Prioritization by Affected Communities (RPAC) protocol and findings from its use with women at risk for preterm birth. Using the protocol, women identified and prioritized their unanswered questions about pregnancy, birth and neonatal care aimed at influencing research priority setting by funders and researchers.
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Preterm EEG: A Multimodal Neurophysiological Protocol
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This video explains the background theory of the neonatal EEG activity and the sensory responses, followed by a live demonstration of their recording in neonatal intensive care unit.
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A Mouse Model of Single and Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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A Ferret Model of Inflammation-sensitized Late Preterm Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury
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2019
The method describes inflammation-sensitized hypoxic-ischemic and hyperoxic brain injury in the P17 ferret to model the complex interaction between prolonged inflammation and oxidative brain injury experienced in a number of late preterm infants.
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Immature cerebral blood vessels are more vulnerable to injury, while unstable cerebral blood flow can expose developing tissue to harmful fluctuations. Oxygen deprivation and bleeding may add further stress. Together, these processes can disrupt neuronal and white-matter maturation, helping explain why the timing and biological conditions surrounding early birth influence later brain development.
Oxygen deprivation can interfere with the maturation of neurons and white matter, while inflammation can create additional biological stress during a sensitive developmental period. When these factors occur alongside bleeding or unstable blood flow, their effects may compound disruptions in brain development. This interaction is important for understanding why early injury can have lasting consequences.
White matter develops alongside neuronal systems that support communication within the brain. Disruption during this period may alter how brain regions mature and connect, which can influence later motor, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes. Studying white-matter development therefore helps researchers relate early biological injury to developmental trajectories observed during later follow-up.
Neuroimaging and biomarkers provide complementary approaches for identifying effects of early brain stress, while experimental models help investigate underlying mechanisms. Used together, these approaches can support earlier detection and risk assessment by linking observed biological changes with disrupted neuronal or white-matter maturation. Their findings can also guide decisions about monitoring and follow-up.
Experimental models allow researchers to examine how oxygen deprivation, inflammation, bleeding, and altered blood flow affect the immature brain and its developing tissue. They provide a way to investigate mechanisms that may be difficult to isolate in clinical observations. Results from these models can inform the search for protective interventions and clarify targets for future neuroscience research.
Research can connect neuroimaging findings, biomarker patterns, and developmental changes with later motor, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes. This information supports targeted follow-up care by helping identify infants who may require closer developmental monitoring. It also contributes to efforts to design protective interventions aimed at reducing the effects of disrupted early brain maturation.