Brain microstructure and morphology of very preterm-born infants at term equivalent age: Associations with motor and cognitive outcomes at 1 and 2 years

Very preterm-born infants are at risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at term equivalent age (TEA) can probe tissue microstructure and morphology, and demonstrates potential in the early prediction of outcomes. In this study, we use the recently introduced fixel-based analysis method for diffusion MRI to investigate the association between microstructure and morphology at TEA, and motor and cognitive development at 1 and 2 years corrected age (CA). Eighty infants born