The neurophysiology of abnormal motor development in preterm children

更好的新生儿护理提高了早产儿的存活率。虽然这些儿童中的大多数不会有明显的脑损伤，并进入主流学校，但许多儿童会遇到运动和认知困难以及社会适应问题。然而，这种功能障碍的生理机制尚不清楚。我们将研究早产儿和足月儿，以阐明与早产相关的运动和认知功能障碍的生理机制。

Better neonatal care has improved survival of prematurely born children. While most of these children will have no obvious brain lesion and attend mainstream schools, many will experience motor and cognitive difficulties and problems with social adjustment. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying this dysfunction are unknown. We will study preterm and term born children to elucidate the physiological mechanisms underlying motor and cognitive dysfunction associated with prematurity.