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Overview

Laura R. Ment is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as neonatal and fetal brain pathology, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, fetal and pediatric neurological disorders, infant development and preterm care, congenital heart disease studies, and neonatal respiratory health research.

Frequently published venues for Laura R. Ment include:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Neuroimaging
  • The Journal of Pediatrics

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Dustin Scheinost
  • Seyedmehdi Payabvash
  • R. Todd Constable
  • Pratheek S. Bobba
  • Clara F. Weber

Recent publications by Laura R. Ment show engagement with cutting-edge research topics and diverse neuroscientific investigations:

  • Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus (2020) published in Nature Medicine
  • Neuroimaging of the Preterm Brain: Review and Recommendations (2021) published in The Journal of Pediatrics
  • De novo damaging variants associated with congenital heart diseases contribute to the connectome (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Functional connectivity for the language network in the developing brain: 30 weeks of gestation to 30 months of age (2021) published in Cerebral Cortex
  • Brain injury patterns in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy of term neonates (2022) published in Journal of Neuroimaging

The scientist's research incorporates neurogenetics, neuroimaging modalities, and clinical pediatric neurology to explore developmental and congenital disorders of the brain and heart in neonatal populations. Their work contributes to understanding early brain connectivity, injury patterns, and genetic factors influencing neurological health.

Best Publications

  • Regional brain volume abnormalities and long-term cognitive outcome in preterm infants.

    Bradley S. Peterson;Betty Vohr;Lawrence H. Staib;Christopher J. Cannistraci

  • Regional brain volumes and their later neurodevelopmental correlates in term and preterm infants.

    Bradley S Peterson;Adam W Anderson;Richard Ehrenkranz;Lawrence H Staib

  • Practice parameter: Neuroimaging of the neonate: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

    L. R. Ment;H. S. Bada;P. Barnes;P. E. Grant

  • Change in cognitive function over time in very low-birth-weight infants.

    Laura R. Ment;Betty Vohr;Walter Allan;Karol H. Katz

  • Low-Dose Indomethacin and Prevention of Intraventricular Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Randomized Trial

    L R Ment;W Oh;R A Ehrenkranz;A G Philip

  • Imaging biomarkers of outcome in the developing preterm brain

    Laura R. Ment;Deborah Hirtz;Petra Susan Hüppi

  • Paracrine and autocrine functions of neuronal vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the central nervous system.

    Omolara O. Ogunshola;Anica Antic;Maria J. Donoghue;Shou-Yuan Fan

  • The Diagnosis, Management, and Postnatal Prevention of Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Preterm Neonate

    Heather J. McCrea;Laura R. Ment

  • Prematurely Born Children Demonstrate White Matter Microstructural Differences at 12 Years of Age, Relative to Term Control Subjects: An Investigation of Group and Gender Effects

    R. Todd Constable;Laura R. Ment;Betty R. Vohr;Shelli R. Kesler

  • Neuronal VEGF expression correlates with angiogenesis in postnatal developing rat brain.

    Omolara O Ogunshola;William B Stewart;Vera Mihalcik;Todd Solli

  • Lasting Effects of Preterm Birth and Neonatal Brain Hemorrhage at 12 Years of Age

    Thuy Mai Luu;Laura R Ment;Karen C Schneider;Karol H Katz

  • Early Postnatal Astroglial Cells Produce Multilineage Precursors and Neural Stem Cells In Vivo

    Yosif M. Ganat;John Silbereis;Clinton Cave;Hai Ngu

  • Volumetric Analysis of Regional Cerebral Development in Preterm Children

    Shelli R. Kesler;Laura R. Ment;Betty Vohr;Sarah K. Pajot

  • Sex differences in cerebral volumes of 8-year-olds born preterm.

    Allan L. Reiss;Shelli R. Kesler;Betty Vohr;Charles C. Duncan

  • Executive and Memory Function in Adolescents Born Very Preterm

    Thuy Mai Luu;Laura Ment;Walter Allan;Karen Schneider

  • Antenatal steroids, delivery mode, and intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants

    Laura R. Ment;William Oh;Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Alistair G.S. Philip

  • Alterations in functional connectivity for language in prematurely born adolescents

    Robin J. Schafer;Cheryl M. Lacadie;Betty Vohr;Shelli R. Kesler

  • Brain Volume Reductions within Multiple Cognitive Systems in Male Preterm Children at Age Twelve

    Shelli R. Kesler;Allan L. Reiss;Betty Vohr;Christa Watson

  • Longitudinal Brain Volume Changes in Preterm and Term Control Subjects During Late Childhood and Adolescence

    Laura R. Ment;Shelli Kesler;Betty Vohr;Karol H. Katz

  • Preterm birth results in alterations in neural connectivity at age 16 years

    Katherine M. Mullen;Betty R. Vohr;Karol H. Katz;Karen C. Schneider

  • Low-Dose Indomethacin and Prevention of Intraventricular Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Randomized Trial

    Laura R. Ment;William Oh;Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Alistair G. S. Philip

Frequent Co-Authors

Betty R. Vohr
Betty R. Vohr Brown University
R. Todd Constable
R. Todd Constable Yale University
Dustin Scheinost
Dustin Scheinost Yale University
Flora M. Vaccarino
Flora M. Vaccarino Yale University
Michael L. Schwartz
Michael L. Schwartz Yale University
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Shelli R. Kesler
Shelli R. Kesler The University of Texas at Austin
Allan L. Reiss
Allan L. Reiss Stanford University
Murat Gunel
Murat Gunel Yale University
Michelle Hampson
Michelle Hampson Yale University

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