Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.

Impaired fetal development, reflected by low birth weight or prematurity, predicts an increased risk for psychopathology, especially attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Such effects cut across the normal range of birth weight and gestation. Despite the strength of existing epidemiologic...

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Autores principales:	Desiree Yee-Ling Phua, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Seang-Mei Saw, Michael J Meaney, Anqi Qiu
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a000d4e7b07c42fea47a10e62bf46ccb2021-11-18T07:20:07ZExecutive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0036502https://doaj.org/article/a000d4e7b07c42fea47a10e62bf46ccb2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22558470/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Impaired fetal development, reflected by low birth weight or prematurity, predicts an increased risk for psychopathology, especially attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Such effects cut across the normal range of birth weight and gestation. Despite the strength of existing epidemiological data, cognitive pathways that link fetal development to mental health are largely unknown. In this study we examined the relation of birth weight (>2500 g) and gestational age (37-41 weeks) within the normal range with specific executive functions in 195 Singaporean six-year-old boys of Chinese ethnicity. Birth weight adjusted for gestational age was used as indicator of fetal growth while gestational age was indicative of fetal maturity. Linear regression revealed that increased fetal growth within the normal range is associated with an improved ability to learn rules during the intra/extra-dimensional shift task and to retain visual information for short period of time during the delayed matching to sample task. Moreover, faster and consistent reaction times during the stop-signal task were observed among boys born at term, but with higher gestational age. Hence, even among boys born at term with normal birth weight, variations in fetal growth and maturity showed distinct effects on specific executive functions.Desiree Yee-Ling PhuaAnne Rifkin-GraboiSeang-Mei SawMichael J MeaneyAnqi QiuPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 4, p e36502 (2012)
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description	Impaired fetal development, reflected by low birth weight or prematurity, predicts an increased risk for psychopathology, especially attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Such effects cut across the normal range of birth weight and gestation. Despite the strength of existing epidemiological data, cognitive pathways that link fetal development to mental health are largely unknown. In this study we examined the relation of birth weight (>2500 g) and gestational age (37-41 weeks) within the normal range with specific executive functions in 195 Singaporean six-year-old boys of Chinese ethnicity. Birth weight adjusted for gestational age was used as indicator of fetal growth while gestational age was indicative of fetal maturity. Linear regression revealed that increased fetal growth within the normal range is associated with an improved ability to learn rules during the intra/extra-dimensional shift task and to retain visual information for short period of time during the delayed matching to sample task. Moreover, faster and consistent reaction times during the stop-signal task were observed among boys born at term, but with higher gestational age. Hence, even among boys born at term with normal birth weight, variations in fetal growth and maturity showed distinct effects on specific executive functions.
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title	Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.
title_short	Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.
title_full	Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.
title_fullStr	Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.
title_full_unstemmed	Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.
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Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.

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