Brain Images of African Infants Enable Research into Cognitive Dysfunction

In developing countries, brain activity of babies could be monitored from birth to reveal the first signs of cognitive dysfunction, using a new technique piloted by a London-based university

In developing countries, brain activity of babies could be monitored from birth to reveal the first signs of cognitive dysfunction, using a new technique piloted by a London-based university collaboration.

The cognitive function of infants can be visualised and tracked more quickly, more accurately and more cheaply using the method, called functional near infra-red spectroscopy (fNIRS), compared to the behavioural assessments Western regions have relied upon for decades.

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Professor Clare Elwell, Professor of Medical Physics at University College London (UCL), said: "Brain activity soon after birth has barely been studied in low-income countries, because of the lack of transportable brain imaging facilities needed to do this at any reasonable scale. We have high hopes of building on these promising findings to develop functional near infra-red spectroscopy into an assessment tool for investigating cognitive function of infants who may be at risk of malnutrition or childhood diseases associated with low income settings."

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Brain Images of African Infants Enable Research into Cognitive Dysfunction

In developing countries, brain activity of babies could be monitored from birth to reveal the first signs of cognitive dysfunction, using a new technique piloted by a London-based university