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Deanne K. Thompson is affiliated with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia. Their research focuses on the development and pathology of the neonatal and fetal brain, investigating aspects such as infant development, preterm care, and advanced neuroimaging techniques. The central fields of study include Medicine with specific emphasis on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The main topics addressed in their work cover neonatal and fetal brain pathology, infant development and preterm care, advanced neuroimaging applications, neonatal respiratory health, prenatal substance exposure effects, functional brain connectivity studies, and aspects of birth, development, and health.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope of Thompson's research:

  • Tracking regional brain growth up to age 13 in children born term and very preterm, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Parcellation of the neonatal cortex using Surface-based Melbourne Children's Regional Infant Brain atlases (M-CRIB-S), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Long-lasting effects of very preterm birth on brain structure in adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Cortical growth from infancy to adolescence in preterm and term-born children, 2023, Brain
  • Long-term development of white matter fibre density and morphology up to 13 years after preterm birth: A fixel-based analysis, 2020, NeuroImage

Thompson's frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter J. Anderson
  • Jeanie L.Y. Cheong
  • Lex W. Doyle
  • Claire E. Kelly
  • Terrie E. Inder

The most common venues for Thompson's publications include:

  • Pediatric Research
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Perinatal Risk Factors Altering Regional Brain Structure in the Preterm Infant.

    Deanne K. Thompson;Simon K. Warfield;John B. Carlin;Masa Pavlovic

  • Association Between Moderate and Late Preterm Birth and Neurodevelopment and Social-Emotional Development at Age 2 Years

    Jeanie L. Cheong;Lex W. Doyle;Alice C. Burnett;Katherine J Lee

  • Breast Milk Feeding, Brain Development, and Neurocognitive Outcomes: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study in Infants Born at Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation

    Mandy B. Belfort;Peter J. Anderson;Victoria A. Nowak;Katherine J. Lee

  • Object working memory deficits predicted by early brain injury and development in the preterm infant.

    Lianne J. Woodward;Jamie O. Edgin;Deanne Thompson;Terrie E. Inder

  • Head growth in preterm infants: Correlation with magnetic resonance imaging and neurodevelopmental outcome

    Jeanie L Y Cheong;Rod W Hunt;Rod W Hunt;Peter J Anderson;Kelly Howard

  • Preterm infant hippocampal volumes correlate with later working memory deficits

    Miriam H. Beauchamp;Deanne K. Thompson;Kelly Howard;Lex W. Doyle

  • Neonate hippocampal volumes: prematurity, perinatal predictors, and 2-year outcome.

    Deanne K. Thompson;Stephen J. Wood;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle;Simon K. Warfield

  • Characterization of the corpus callosum in very preterm and full-term infants utilizing MRI

    Deanne K. Thompson;Deanne K. Thompson;Terrie E. Inder;Nathan Faggian;Leigh A. Johnston

  • Reduction in cerebellar volumes in preterm infants: relationship to white matter injury and neurodevelopment at two years of age.

    Divyen K Shah;Peter J Anderson;John B Carlin;John B Carlin;Masa Pavlovic

  • Regional Cerebral Development at Term Relates to School-Age Social-Emotional Development in Very Preterm Children

    Cynthia E. Rogers;Peter J. Anderson;Deanne K. Thompson;Hiroyuki Kidokoro

  • Corpus callosum alterations in very preterm infants: perinatal correlates and 2 year neurodevelopmental outcomes

    Deanne K Thompson;Terrie Eleanor Inder;Nathan Faggian;Simon Keith Warfield

  • Abnormal White Matter Signal on MR Imaging Is Related to Abnormal Tissue Microstructure

    J. L Y Cheong;D. K. Thompson;H. X. Wang;R. W. Hunt

  • The predictive validity of neonatal MRI for neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm children

    Peter J. Anderson;Jeanie L.Y. Cheong;Jeanie L.Y. Cheong;Deanne K. Thompson

  • Neonatal brain abnormalities and memory and learning outcomes at 7 years in children born very preterm

    Cristina Omizzolo;Shannon E Scratch;Robyn Stargatt;Hiroyuki Kidokoro

  • Associations of Newborn Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Impairments in Very Preterm Children

    Peter J. Anderson;Karli Treyvaud;Jeffrey J. Neil;Jeanie L.Y. Cheong

  • Neonatal brain pathology predicts adverse attention and processing speed outcomes in very preterm and/or very low birth weight children.

    Andrea L Murray;Shannon E Scratch;Deanne K Thompson;Terrie E Inder

  • Caffeine and brain development in very preterm infants

    Lex W. Doyle;Jeanie Cheong;Rod W. Hunt;Katherine J Lee

  • Moderate and late preterm infants exhibit widespread brain white matter microstructure alterations at term-equivalent age relative to term-born controls

    Claire E. Kelly;Jeanie L. Y. Cheong;Jeanie L. Y. Cheong;Lillian Gabra Fam;Alexander Leemans

  • Neonatal Brain Tissue Classification with Morphological Adaptation and Unified Segmentation.

    Richard J. Beare;Jian Chen;Jian Chen;Claire E. Kelly;Dimitrios Alexopoulos

  • Brain Volumes at Term-Equivalent Age Are Associated with 2-Year Neurodevelopment in Moderate and Late Preterm Children.

    Jeanie L.Y. Cheong;Jeanie L.Y. Cheong;Deanne K. Thompson;Alicia J. Spittle;Cody R. Potter

  • Contribution of brain size to IQ and educational underperformance in extremely preterm adolescents.

    Jeanie L. Y. Cheong;Jeanie L. Y. Cheong;Peter J. Anderson;Gehan Roberts;Gehan Roberts;Alice C. Burnett

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marc L. Seal
Marc L. Seal University of Melbourne
Gary F. Egan
Gary F. Egan Monash University
Karli Treyvaud
Karli Treyvaud La Trobe University
Chiara Nosarti
Chiara Nosarti King's College London
Jeffrey J. Neil
Jeffrey J. Neil Washington University in St. Louis
Susan E. Gathercole
Susan E. Gathercole University of Cambridge
Sandra Rees
Sandra Rees University of Melbourne
Deborah Dewey
Deborah Dewey University of Calgary

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