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Reduced brain volume in kids with low birth-weight tied to academic struggles
June 10, 2013 by NewsBot
An analysis of recent data from magnetic resonance imaging of 97 adolescents who were part of study begun with very low birth weight babies born in 1982-1986 in a Cleveland neonatal intensive care unit has tied smaller brain volumes to poor academic achievement.
