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. Neonatal brains and problems Optical imaging techniques currently usedNIRS- Near Infrared spectroscopy MONSTIRFuture advances. Neonatal brain How is it different from an adult brain?. Smaller in sizeThinner cranial skullSmaller arachnoid spaceSometimes underdevelopedPremature babies show
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1. Optical Imaging for Neonatals Amrita Dhillon
2. Neonatal brains and problems
Optical imaging techniques currently used
NIRS- Near Infrared spectroscopy
MONSTIR
Future advances
3. Neonatal brain How is it different from an adult brain? Smaller in size
Thinner cranial skull
Smaller arachnoid space
Sometimes underdeveloped
Premature babies show very basic electrical activity in the primary sensory regions of the cerebral cortex (where touch, vision, hearing are processed)
4. Brain size
6. Brain size The number of neurons peak before birth
100 billion neurons are formed during the first 5 months of gestation
Brain size increases gradually
A newborns brain is only the size of an adults
It grows to 80% of adult size by the age of three; 90% by the age of five.
7. Change in cerebral blood flow in the first 90 hours