cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thamnodynastes phoenix Franco 2017
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thamnodynastes
Thamnodynastes phoenix

description: Thamnodynastes phoenix Franco et al., 2017
Type locality. Petrolina, state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 358A). Widespread in the Caatinga, with marginal records in the northeastern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 358A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 358B). Observed in the field in savanna, grasslands on sandy soils, and gallery forest (Recoder et al., 2011, Dal Vechio et al., 2013; Silveira et al., 2017).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 42, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Thamnodynastes ramonriveroi Manzanilla & Sanchez 2005
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thamnodynastes
Thamnodynastes ramonriveroi

description: Thamnodynastes ramonriveroiManzanilla and Sánchez, 2005
Type locality. Cerro La Laguna, Turimiquire massif, Freites, Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela (Plt. 359A). In Brazil, restricted to northeastern Amazonia and Guianan savannas (Plt. 359A) at low to high elevations (Plt. 359B). Observed in the field in forest (Manzanilla et al., 2006).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 42, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Socio-demographic and trauma-related predictors of PTSD within 8 weeks of a motor vehicle collision in the AURORA study
Creators: name: Rathlev, Niels K.
name: Hwang, Irving
name: Koenen, Karestan C.
name: McGrath, Meghan E.
name: McLean, Samuel A.
name: Mohiuddin, Kamran
name: Hendry, Phyllis L.
name: Sheridan, John F.
name: Pizzagalli, Diego A.
name: Punches, Brittany E.
name: Domeier, Robert M.
name: Neylan, Thomas C.
name: Elliott, James M.
name: Haran, John P.
name: Sanchez, Leon D.
name: Linnstaedt, Sarah D.
name: Smoller, Jordan W.
name: Harnett, Nathaniel G.
name: Barch, Deanna M.
name: Datner, Elizabeth M.
name: Gentile, Nina T.
name: Germine, Laura T.
name: Ressler, Kerry J.
name: Peak, David A.
name: Hudak, Lauren A.
name: Kessler, Ronald C.
name: Miller, Mark W.
name: Musey, Paul I.
name: Joormann, Jutta
name: Lebois, Lauren A. M.
name: House, Stacey L.
name: Pace, Thaddeus W. W.
name: Beaudoin, Francesca L.
name: Sheikh, Sophia
name: Peacock, William F.
name: Sampson, Nancy A.
name: Bruce, Steven E.
name: van Rooij, Sanne J.
name: An, Xinming
name: Stevens, Jennifer S.
name: Harte, Steven E.
name: Storrow, Alan B.
name: Pearson, Claire
name: Jones, Christopher W.
name: Zeng, Donglin
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2020

description: This is the initial report of results from the AURORA multisite longitudinal study of adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS) among participants seeking emergency department (ED) treatment in the aftermath of a traumatic life experience. We focus on n=666 participants presenting to EDs following a motor vehicle collision (MVC) and examine associations of participant socio-demographic and participant-reported MVC characteristics with 8-week posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) adjusting for pre-MVC PTSD and mediated by peritraumatic symptoms and 2-week acute stress disorder (ASD). Peritraumatic Symptoms, ASD, and PTSD were assessed with self-report scales. Eight-week PTSD prevalence was relatively high (42.0%) and positively associated with participant sex (female), low socioeconomic status (education and income), and several self-report indicators of MVC severity. Most of these associations were entirely mediated by peritraumatic symptoms and, to a lesser degree, ASD, suggesting that the first 2 weeks after trauma may be a uniquely important time period for intervening to prevent and reduce risk of PTSD. This observation, coupled with substantial variation in the relative strength of mediating pathways across predictors, raises the possibility of diverse and potentially complex underlying biological and psychological processes that remain to be elucidated with more in-depth analyses of the rich and evolving AURORA data.
Describing Catalogues of Services
Creators: name: Woodford, CJ
name: Jenkyns, Reyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Discovery
Catalogue
Data Services

description: This report is intended to outline previous work in describing catalogues of services for research commons, drawing on work by WDS-ITO staff, looking at the landscape of research commons, models of research commons, and recommendations, standards, and conventions from the research infrastructure community. A summary of previous work is followed by a mapping and summary of current descriptions of catalogues of services, current initiatives in the field, and a proposed work plan to collaboratively create concrete deliverables in this area for improved global interoperability of research services. The proposed outputs of the work plan include a semantic object, such as a vocabulary, of agreed-upon terms and descriptions of types of research commons services that may then be used to supplement an existing metadata standard for describing services or seed the creation of a novel metadata standard for services. Ideally, such a standard would then be used by a specific persistent identifier (PID) authority to enable the description and identification of individual services and their use across the research ecosystem.
Families' perspectives on monitoring infants' health and development after discharge from NICUs
Creators: name: O'Shea, T. Michael
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2020

description: Based on a survey of families of very preterm infants, Seppanen et al. report that: (1) parents rated post-discharge (post-NICU) care as poor or fair for 14.2% of children; (2) parents of one-third of children with health or developmental disorders rated their child's post-hospital care as poor or fair, as compared to 12-13% of parents of typically developing and healthy children; and (3) parents' suggestions for ways to improve post-hospital care focused primarily on better communication between the health care team and parents and better coordination of the child's care. These findings point to a large opportunity for improving post-NICU services for infants born very preterm, especially for children with health or developmental disorders. In addition to gathering more information about families' perspectives, vigorous quality improvement methods should be applied to improve the effectiveness of post-NICU clinics and the health and development outcomes of the infants and families served by these clinics.
title: Reconfigurable liquid crystals for wearable applications
Creators: name: Xia, Yuanjie
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores the integration of liquid crystal (LC) materials into wearable devices, focusing on applications beyond Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs). The investigation begins with a thorough review of smart contact lenses and glasses, identifying a gap in research on LC materials for vision assistance. Subsequent chapters introduced the background of LCs and summarized materials and techniques for LC cell fabrication. After that, I proposed methods for depositing materials on patterned surfaces, which could be used for the next generation of optic devices. Subsequently, my thesis demonstrates the reconfigurability of an antenna for smart glasses applications using LC materials, where the resonant frequency of the antenna can be tuned by LC substrate from 3.3 to 3.8 GHz. Moreover, due to the selective reflection nature of cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs), I have shown how CLCs can be used in smart glasses. For example, I proposed CLC-based vision assist modules, which involve a CLC-based optical combiner (OC) and thermal-controlled glass lenses for epilepsy treatment. The CLC-based OC is able to seamlessly switch smart glasses between augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and transparent modes via temperature variation. Furthermore, the tunable glasses lens was proposed utilizing selective reflection of CLC materials to block a range of wavelengths of light that would trigger photosensitive epilepsy, showcasing the versatility of LC materials in healthcare applications. In conclusion, this thesis contributes to the advancement of reconfigurable and adaptive solutions in various wearable technologies using LC material, addressing critical aspects of Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) and healthcare needs.
"Accounts From The Journeys Of The Brig 'Palinurus' Along The Dhofar Coast In The Mid-1800S."
Creators: name: Risse, Marielle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Dhofar
subject: Oman
subject: Gibali
subject: Jibbali
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Although there is a fair amount of written descriptions about the northern part of Oman, there were few travelers who wrote about the southern region of Dhofar until the 1970s.    The first sustained exploration by Westeners was done by two teams on the Brig “Palinurus.” Captain Haines and his crew from the Indian Navy surveyed and explored the Dhofar coast in 1834, 1835 and 1836. Commander J. P. Saunders, with the same ship and some of the same crew, continued this surveying work in 1844-1846. Both Haines and Saunders published accounts of their voyages,

The primary focus of these journeys was to figure out how the lands investigated might be of use to the British government and merchant class, as when Haines tried to buy the island of Socotra from Sultan Omar to use as a depot for steam-boat traffic between India and England. But there is a fascinating wealth of cultural and historical information from the articles written by members of the “Palinurus.” For example, the brig’s assistant-surgeon, Henry Carter, wrote up a brief archeological survey of “The Ruins of El Balad” (1846), in which he includes a succession of rulers/ governors of the Dhofari coast. Cruttenden’s short article (1838) details his journey from “Morebat” [Mirbat] to Dyreez [Dhariz],” approximately 71 kilometers along the coast.

My paper will discuss the articles published in relation to the “Palinurus” voyages along the Dhofar coast to compare the details of what was recorded in the mid 1800s to the present day. I will also briefly mention later travelers who came to the region by boat including Theodore & Mabel Bent and Bertram Thomas.
DATA-DRIVEN PERSPECTIVES ON FEDERAL BUDGETARY DYNAMICS FOR IDENTIFYING ANOMALIES AND PATTERNS IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND OBLIGATION TRENDS
Creators: name: Khan, Rafiqus Salehin
name: Sirazy, Md Raid Mahamud
name: Das, Rahul
name: Rahman, Sharifur
Publisher: name: Vectoral Publishing; Quarterly Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovations
Year: 2024

description: Federal agencies tasked with significant program mandates often exhibit uneven spending

patterns that can obscure broader fiscal objectives. This study investigated how major sub-components

allocate and obligate resources over multiple years, seeking to identify common behaviors, anomalies, and

possible influences on spending decisions. Objectives included examining efficiency, detecting outliers,

and grouping sub-components according to their historical trends to guide refined budgeting practices.

Methods encompassed K-means and hierarchical clustering, correlation analysis to assess alignment

between resources and obligations, outlier detection through z-score and interquartile range, and linear

regression to quantify directionality in spending patterns. Results highlighted several trajectories, with

the “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services” emerging as a clear outlier due to rapid escalation in

obligations that exceeded standard expectations. The “Office of Federal Student Aid” showed a contrasting

scenario, underspending its allocated resources and displaying negative z-scores by 2023. Meanwhile, the

“Food and Nutrition Service” maintained a balanced ratio of obligations to allocations, pointing to stable

management processes. Clustering models grouped agencies into stable, quickly increasing, and fluctuating

spending categories, revealing operational parallels among sub-components that share cluster assignments.

Correlation tests affirmed a strong linkage between resource distribution and spending outcomes in

most cases, notwithstanding a few anomalies. Recommendations highlight the importance of embedding

advanced data analytics in budgetary supervision, reinforcing real-time monitoring to enable early detection

of deviations and fostering inter-agency collaboration in the dissemination of best practices. Forwardlooking

strategies focused on adaptive budget allocations and methodological refinements promise stronger

alignment between designated resources and evolving policy imperatives.
Thamnodynastes rutilus
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thamnodynastes
Thamnodynastes rutilus

description: Thamnodynastes rutilus (Prado, 1942)
Type locality. Gália, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 360A), known from only from the southern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 360A) at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 360B). Observed in the field in gallery forest and riparian habitats (Silva Jr. and Sites, 1995; Franco and Ferreira, 2003b, FranÇa and Araújo, 2006; FranÇa et al., 2008; Nogueira et al., 2010).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 42, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Thamnodynastes sertanejo Bailey 2005
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thamnodynastes
Thamnodynastes sertanejo

description: Thamnodynastes sertanejo Bailey et al., 2005
Type locality. Rio CuraÇá, Caraíba, state of Bahia, Brazil.
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 361A). Widespread in the Caatinga and its contact areas with the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado (Plt. 361A),mostly at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 361B).Maps and taxonomy in Bailey et al.(2005). Observed in the field in open areas (Guedes et al., 2014).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 42, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Rescues Cocaine-Induced Prefrontal Hypoactivity and Restores Flexible Behavior
Creators: name: Niedringhaus, Mark
name: Carelli, Regina M
name: West, Elizabeth A
name: Haake, Rachel M
name: Frohlich, Flavio
name: Ortega, Heather K
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: To obtain desirable goals, individuals must predict the outcome of specific choices, use that information to direct appropriate actions, and adjust behavior accordingly in changing environments (behavioral flexibility). Substance use disorders are marked by impairments in behavioral flexibility along with decreased prefrontal cortical function that limits the efficacy of treatment strategies. Restoring prefrontal hypoactivity, ideally in a noninvasive manner, is an intriguing target for improving flexible behavior and treatment outcomes. METHODS: A behavioral flexibility task was used in Long-Evans male rats (n = 97) in conjunction with electrophysiology, optogenetics, and a novel rat model of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to examine the prelimbic cortex (PrL) to nucleus accumbens (NAc) core circuit in behavioral flexibility and determine whether tACS can restore cocaine-induced neural and cognitive dysfunction. RESULTS: Optogenetic inactivation revealed that the PrL-NAc core circuit is necessary for the ability to learn strategies to flexibly shift behavior. Cocaine self-administration history caused aberrant PrL-NAc core neural encoding and deficits in flexibility. Optogenetics that selectively activated the PrL-NAc core pathway prior to learning rescued cocaine-induced cognitive flexibility deficits. Remarkably, tACS prior to learning the task reestablished adaptive signaling in the PrL-NAc circuit and restored flexible behavior in a relatively noninvasive and frequency-specific manner. CONCLUSIONS: We establish a role of NAc core-projecting PrL neurons in behavioral flexibility and provide a novel noninvasive brain stimulation method in rats to rescue cocaine-induced frontal hypofunction and restore flexible behavior, supporting a role of tACS as a therapeutic to treat cognitive deficits in substance use disorders.
Thamnodynastes strigatus
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thamnodynastes
Thamnodynastes strigatus

description: Thamnodynastes strigatus (Günther, 1858)
Type locality. “ India ” (in error). Corrected to South America by Hoge (1953).
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Plt. 362A). In Brazil, widespread in Pampas Grasslands and the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest, with marginal records in the Araucaria Forest and Cerrado (Plt. 362A). Found mostly at low elevations along the southern part of the range, but restricted to high elevation areas near its northern limits (Plt. 362B). Observed in the field in forest (Franco and Ferreira, 2003a; Martins et al., 2008b; Marques et al., 2009).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 42, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Pinging the brain with transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals cortical reactivity in time and space
Creators: name: Fröhlich, Flavio
name: Ahn, Sangtae
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) elicits an evoked electroencephalography (EEG) potential (TMS-evoked potential, TEP), which is interpreted as direct evidence of cortical reactivity to TMS. Thus, combining TMS with EEG can be used to investigate the mechanism underlying brain network engagement in TMS treatment paradigms. However, controversy remains regarding whether TEP is a genuine marker of TMS-induced cortical reactivity or if it is confounded by responses to peripheral somatosensory and auditory inputs. Resolving this controversy is of great significance for the field and will validate TMS as a tool to probe networks of interest in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. OBJECTIVE: Here, we delineated the cortical origin of TEP by spatially and temporally localizing successive TEP components, and modulating them with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to investigate cortical reactivity elicited by single-pulse TMS and its causal relationship with cortical excitability. METHODS: We recruited 18 healthy participants in a double-blind, cross-over, sham-controlled design. We collected motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) and TEPs elicited by suprathreshold single-pulse TMS targeting the left primary motor cortex (M1). To causally test cortical and corticospinal excitability, we applied tDCS to the left M1. RESULTS: We found that the earliest TEP component (P25) was localized to the left M1. The following TEP components (N45 and P60) were largely localized to the primary somatosensory cortex, which may reflect afferent input by hand-muscle twitches. The later TEP components (N100, P180, and N280) were largely localized to the auditory cortex. As hypothesized, tDCS selectively modulated cortical and corticospinal excitability by modulating the pre-stimulus mu-rhythm oscillatory power. CONCLUSION: Together, our findings provide causal evidence that the early TEP components reflect cortical reactivity to TMS.
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Reduces Network Hypersynchrony and Persistent Vertigo
Creators: name: Fröhlich, Flavio
name: Gleghorn, Diamond
name: Cha, Yoon-Hee
name: Ahn, Sangtae
name: Doudican, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: 
Objectives
Persistent oscillating vertigo that occurs after entrainment to periodic motion is known as Mal de Débarquement Syndrome (MdDS). Down-modulation of this oscillating vertigo is associated with reduction in long-range resting-state functional connectivity between fronto-parieto-occipital regions. In order to determine the association between this oscillating vertigo and hypersynchrony as measured by the auditory steady-state response (ASSR), we investigated the differences in ASSR between individuals with MdDS and healthy controls as well as the change in ASSR in individuals with MdDS before and after treatment with transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS).
Materials and Methods
Individuals with treatment refractory MdDS lasting at least six months received single administrations of fronto-parieto-occipital tACS in an “n-of-1” double-blind randomized design: alpha-frequency in-phase, alpha-frequency antiphase, and gamma frequency antiphase control. The treatment protocol that led to the most acute reduction in symptoms and improved balance was administered for 10–12 sessions given over three days (each session 20-min at 2–4 mA).
Results
Twenty-four individuals with MdDS participated (mean age 53.0 ± 11.8 years [range: 22–66 years, median: 57.0 years]; mean duration of illness 38.6 ± 53.4 months [range: 6–240 months, median: 18.0 months]). Individuals with MdDS had elevated ASSR compared to healthy controls at baseline (t11 = 5.95, p < 0.001). There was a significant decrease in the 40 Hz-ASSR response between responders compared to nonresponders to tACS (t-test, t15 = −2.26, p = 0.04). Both in-phase and anti-phase alpha tACS lead to symptom improvement but only antiphase alpha-tACS led to a significant decrease of 40 Hz-ASSR (t-test, t12 = −9.6, p < 0.001).
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that tACS has the potential to reduce network-level hypersynchrony and pathological susceptibility to entrainment by sensory input. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first successful demonstration of desynchronization by noninvasive brain stimulation leading to reduced vertigo. Other disease states associated with pathological functional coupling of neuronal networks may similarly benefit from this novel approach.
Tomodon dorsatus Dumeril 1854
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Tomodon
Tomodon dorsatus

description: Tomodon dorsatus Duméril et al., 1854
Type locality. America, probably Brazil.
Distribution. Known from Argentina and Brazil (Plt. 363A). In Brazil, widespread in the Pampas Grasslands, southeastern Atlantic Forest and Araucaria Forest (Plt. 363A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 363B). Observed in the field in open areas and forests (Martins et al., 2008b; Bérnils, 2009; Araújo et al., 2010; Forlani et al., 2010).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 42, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Disinhibition of right inferior frontal gyrus underlies alpha asymmetry in women with low testosterone
Creators: name: Riddle, Justin
name: Frohlich, Flavio
name: Rubinow, David R
name: Girdler, Susan
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: Asymmetrical expression of alpha oscillations in the frontal cortex, increased left relative to right, is a phenotype associated with increased behavioral inhibition and mood-related psychiatric illnesses. However, investigations of frontal alpha asymmetry in mood-disorders have yielded inconsistent findings. A better understanding of factors that contribute to individual differences is required to establish a useful biomarker for the diagnosis and treatment of mood and stress related disorders. A novel factor is hormone concentration, as steroid hormones play a prominent role in regulating mood and stress. To investigate this question, concentrations of testosterone and estradiol were sampled. Multiple linear regression revealed that low levels of testosterone correlated with greater frontal alpha asymmetry in women. Source localization found that frontal asymmetry was driven by decreased alpha power in right inferior frontal gyrus that correlated with increased behavioral inhibition in women. Together, these findings might explain inconsistencies in previous investigation on frontal alpha asymmetry.
Causal role of cross-frequency coupling in distinct components of cognitive control
Creators: name: McFerren, Amber
name: Frohlich, Flavio
name: Riddle, Justin
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: Cognitive control is the capacity to guide motor and perceptual systems towards abstract goals. High-frequency neural oscillations related to motor activity in the beta band (13-30 Hz) and to visual processing in the gamma band (>30 Hz) are known to be modulated by cognitive control signals. One proposed mechanism for cognitive control is via cross-frequency coupling whereby low frequency network oscillations in prefrontal cortex (delta from 2-3 Hz and theta from 4-8 Hz) guide the expression of motor-related activity in action planning and guide perception-related activity in memory access. However, there is no causal evidence for cross-frequency coupling in these dissociable components of cognitive control. To address this important gap in knowledge, we delivered cross-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation (CF-tACS) during performance of a task that manipulated cognitive control demands along two dimensions: the abstraction of the rules of the task (nested levels of action selection) that increased delta-beta coupling and the number of rules (set-size held in memory) that increased theta-gamma coupling. As hypothesized, we found that CF-tACS increased the targeted phase-amplitude coupling and modulated task performance of the associated cognitive control component. These findings provide causal evidence that prefrontal cortex orchestrates different components of cognitive control via two different cross-frequency coupling modalities.
Tomodon ocellatus Dumeril 1854
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Tomodon
Tomodon ocellatus

description: Tomodon ocellatus Duméril et al., 1854
Type locality. Brazil.
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay (Plt. 364A). In Brazil, widespread and restricted to Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 364A) at low elevations (Plt. 364B). Observed in the field in open areas and forest (Martins et al., 2008b; Bérnils, 2009; Araújo et al., 2010; Forlani et al., 2010).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 43, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Tropidodryas serra
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Tropidodryas
Tropidodryas serra

description: Tropidodryas serra (Schlegel, 1837)
Type locality. Unknown.
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 365A). Widespread in the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 365A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 365B). Observed in the field in forest (Rocha et al., 2008, 2009; Hartmann et al., 2009; Marques et al., 2009; Forlani et al., 2010; Silva-Soares et al., 2011).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 43, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Targeting neural oscillations with transcranial alternating current stimulation
Creators: name: Frohlich, Flavio
name: Riddle, Justin
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: Neural oscillations at the network level synchronize activity between regions and temporal scales. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), the delivery of low-amplitude electric current to the scalp, provides a tool for investigating the causal role of neural oscillations in cognition. The parameter space for tACS is vast and optimization is required in terms of temporal and spatial targeting. We review emerging techniques and suggest novel approaches that capitalize on the non-sinusoidal and transient nature of neural oscillations and leverage the flexibility provided by a customizable electrode montage and electrical waveform. The customizability and safety profile of tACS make it a promising tool for precision intervention in psychiatric illnesses.
TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN 21ST CENTURY
Creators: name: Chinyere Jacinta Oti
name: Clara Odozi Ifelunni
name: Kenneth Oma Eze
name: Okon Etim Okon
name: Okpani Godwin Oti
name: Chioma Patience Patrick
name: Anthonia Nwakaego Ngwoke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Teachers' Perspectives; Early Childhood Education; Curriculum; 21st Century.

description: Abstract

Teachers’ are critical stakeholders in early childhood education (ECE). Their perspectives on early childhood education curriculum (ECEC) are vital for effective teaching and learning experience in schools. The curriculum provides an implementation plan and guide for teachers to ensure holistic growth and development of young children. It is developed and structured to facilitate cognitive, affective, emotional, social, psychomotor, and physical development in children (aged, 0-8 years) to meet 21st century needs of the society. Positive perspectives boost effective teaching and learning, while the reverse is the case with negative perspectives. Yet, little is known of ECE teachers’ perspectives on the curriculum, and what influences it. This study will contribute to evidence base and provide better insights to these perspectives and relationships. The study examined 120 teachers’ knowledge and perspectives on ECEC using ECEC knowledge and perspectives (ECEC-KP) questionnaire. All the participants are volunteers who worked in ECE schools in Nsukka zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and correlation and regression analysis. Results showed that teachers have good knowledge   of ECEC and negative perspectives   on the curriculum. Age and knowledge of ECEC were the significant predicators of teachers’ perspectives on ECEC at p < 0.05. Therefore, concerted efforts and investments are to be made on continuous education and training of teachers on early childhood education curriculum.
Tropidodryas striaticeps
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Tropidodryas
Tropidodryas striaticeps

description: Tropidodryas striaticeps (Cope, 1870)
Type locality. Brazil.
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 366A). Widespread in the Atlantic Forest and its contact area with the Cerrado and Caatinga (Plt. 366A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 366B). Observed in the field in forest and disturbed areas (Sazima and Puorto, 1993; Barbo, 2008; Guedes et al., 2014).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 43, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound Findings among Infants Born Extremely Preterm: Associations with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 10 Years of Age
Creators: name: Paneth, Nigel
name: Kuban, Karl C K
name: Ru, Hongyu
name: Fry, Rebecca C
name: Campbell, Heather
name: Mokrova, Irina
name: Fordham, Lynn Ansley
name: Santos, Hudson P
name: Joseph, Robert M
name: Jara, Hernan
name: Allred, Elizabeth N
name: Douglass, Laurie M
name: O'Shea, T Michael
name: Hooper, Stephen R
name: Check, Jennifer
name: Leviton, Alan
name: Roell, Kyle
name: Frazier, Jean A
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021

description: OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between neonatal cranial ultrasound (CUS) abnormalities among infants born extremely preterm and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 10Â years of age. STUDY DESIGN: In a multicenter birth cohort of infants born at <28Â weeks of gestation, 889 of 1198 survivors were evaluated for neurologic, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes at 10Â years of age. Sonographic markers of white matter damage (WMD) included echolucencies in the brain parenchyma and moderate to severe ventricular enlargement. Neonatal CUS findings were classified as intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) without WMD, IVH with WMD, WMD without IVH, and neither IVH nor WMD. RESULTS: WMD without IVH was associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment (OR 3.5, 95% CI 1.7, 7.4), cerebral palsy (OR 14.3, 95% CI 6.5, 31.5), and epilepsy (OR 6.9; 95% CI 2.9, 16.8). Similar associations were found for WMD accompanied by IVH. Isolated IVH was not significantly associated these outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Among children born extremely preterm, CUS abnormalities, particularly those indicative of WMD, are predictive of neurodevelopmental impairments at 10Â years of age. The strongest associations were found with cerebral palsy.