Journal of Neonatal Biology

Functional and structural neural correlates of early and severe social deprivation

9^th International Conference on Neonatology and Pediatric Neurology

November 28-30, 2016 Valencia, Spain

Michael E Behen

Wayne State University, USA
Children�??s Hospital of Michigan, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Neonatal Biol

Abstract:

Dr. Behen will present an overview of his research on the functional and structural neural correlates of early deprivation, associated with institution rearing. Specifically, he will present empirical data on neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes in a large sample (N=193) of children with histories of early deprivation, as well as both functional (i.e., FDG PET, fMRI) and structural (volumetric, diffusion tensor imaging) brain imaging correlates of early deprivation in children with such histories. He will further examine the relationship of timing (i.e., duration of time of deprivation) parameters to neural outcomes, and associations between deprivation-specific behavioral phenotypes and neural findings. Potential mechanisms for findings are also considered.

Biography :

Email: mbehen@pet.wayne.edu