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The effect of mindfulness-based intervention on neurobehavioural functioning and its association with white-matter microstructural changes in preterm young adolescents

Siffredi, Vanessa
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Liverani, Maria Chiara
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Van de Ville, Dimitri  
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February 3, 2023
Scientific Reports

Very preterm (VPT) young adolescents are at high risk of executive, behavioural and socio-emotional difficulties. Previous research has shown significant evidence of the benefits of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on these abilities. This study aims to assess the association between the effects of MBI on neurobehavioral functioning and changes in white-matter microstructure in VPT young adolescents who completed an 8-week MBI program. Neurobehavioural assessments (i.e., neuropsychological testing, parents- and self-reported questionnaires) and multi-shell diffusion MRI were performed before and after MBI in 32 VPT young adolescents. Combined diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) measures were extracted on well-defined white matter tracts (TractSeg). A multivariate data-driven approach (partial least squares correlation) was used to explore associations between MBI-related changes on neurobehavioural measures and microstructural changes. The results showed an enhancement of global executive functioning using parent-reported questionnaire after MBI that was associated with a general pattern of increase in fractional anisotropy (FA) and decrease in axonal dispersion (ODI) in white-matter tracts involved in executive processes. Young VPT adolescents with lower gestational age at birth showed the greatest gain in white-matter microstructural changes after MBI.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41598-023-29205-8
Web of Science ID

WOS:001003435000054

Author(s)
Siffredi, Vanessa
Liverani, Maria Chiara
Van de Ville, Dimitri  
Freitas, Lorena G. A.  
Tolsa, Cristina Borradori
Huppi, Petra Susan
Leuchter, Russia Ha-Vinh
Date Issued

2023-02-03

Publisher

Nature Portfolio

Published in
Scientific Reports
Volume

13

Issue

1

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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right uncinate fasciculus

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executive function

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meditation

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diffusion

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connectivity

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dysfunction

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mechanisms

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integrity

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movement

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children

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