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Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Natalie Hauglund
University of Oxford
2
Kazuhisa Ishida
The University of Tokyo
3
Laura Pritschet
Women's Health Initiative
4
Akindé René Lawrence
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
5
Shengjun Zhu
Xiamen University of Technology
6
Andreea Pavel
Cork University Hospital
7
Yalamanchili Salini
International Institute of Information Technology
8
David Seki
University of Vienna
9
Shuiling Shi
Kunming University of Science and Technology
10
Siân Wilson
Boston Children's Hospital

Papers

1
Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep
Cell|2025
244 cit.
2
Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy
Nature Neuroscience|2024
126 cit.
3
Microglia maintain structural integrity during fetal brain morphogenesis
Cell|2024
106 cit.
4
Cardiotocography Data Analysis for Fetal Health Classification Using Machine Learning Models
IEEE Access|2024
83 cit.
5
Temporal evolution of electrographic seizures in newborn infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy requiring therapeutic hypothermia: a secondary analysis of the ANSeR studies
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health|2024
25 cit.
6
Publication in Expert Systems with Applications (2024) [15 citations, W4402700483]
Expert Systems with Applications|2024
15 cit.
7
Structural Covariance Networks in the Fetal Brain Reveal Altered Neurodevelopment for Specific Subtypes of Congenital Heart Disease
Journal of the American Heart Association|2024
7 cit.
8
Detection of Glymphatic Outflow of Tau from Brain to Cerebrospinal Fluid in Mice
Methods in molecular biology|2024
6 cit.
9
Publication in Gut Microbes (2024) [5 citations, W4403191010]
Gut Microbes|2024
5 cit.
10
Foetal cortical expansion is associated with neurodevelopmental outcome at 2-years in congenital heart disease: a longitudinal follow-up study
EBioMedicine|2025
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Emily J. Gilmore
Yale University
2
Andres Fernandez
Thomas Jefferson University
3
Christian K. Tamnes
University of Oslo
4
Khorshid Mohammad
University of Calgary
5
Ela Chakkarapani
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
6
Tjakko J. van Ham
Erasmus MC
7
Guotai Wang
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
8
Pierre Casimir
Université Libre de Bruxelles
9
Jieyun Bai
Northeast Forestry University
10
Tanya S. Ferguson
Shriners Hospitals for Children

Papers

1
Web-accessible application for identifying pathogenic transcripts with RNA-seq: Increased sensitivity in diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders
The American Journal of Human Genetics|2023
60 cit.
2
PyMIC: A deep learning toolkit for annotation-efficient medical image segmentation
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine|2023
58 cit.
3
Dominant-acting CSF1R variants cause microglial depletion and altered astrocytic phenotype in zebrafish and adult-onset leukodystrophy
Acta Neuropathologica|2022
54 cit.
4
The JNU-IFM dataset for segmenting pubic symphysis-fetal head
Data in Brief|2022
53 cit.
5
Puberty differentially predicts brain maturation in male and female youth: A longitudinal ABCD Study
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience|2023
50 cit.
6
Deep learning-based accurate delineation of primary gross tumor volume of nasopharyngeal carcinoma on heterogeneous magnetic resonance imaging: A large-scale and multi-center study
Radiotherapy and Oncology|2023
41 cit.
7
Efficient Multi-Organ Segmentation From 3D Abdominal CT Images With Lightweight Network and Knowledge Distillation
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging|2023
38 cit.
8
A framework for computing angle of progression from transperineal ultrasound images for evaluating fetal head descent using a novel double branch network
Frontiers in Physiology|2022
34 cit.
9
TISS-net: Brain tumor image synthesis and segmentation using cascaded dual-task networks and error-prediction consistency
Neurocomputing|2023
32 cit.
10
Parental socioeconomic status is linked to cortical microstructure and language abilities in children and adolescents
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience|2022
30 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
A. David Edwards
University of Toronto
2
Donna M. Ferriero
University of California, San Francisco
3
Alistair J. Gunn
Starship Children's Health
4
Terrie E. Inder
Children's Hospital of Orange County
5
Linda S. de Vries
Leiden University Medical Center
6
Hannah C. Kinney
Boston Children's Hospital
7
Bo Jacobsson
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
8
Dinggang Shen
ShanghaiTech University
9
Henrik Hagberg
Stockholm IVF
10
Jonas H. Ellenberg
University of Pennsylvania

Papers

1
A report: the definition and classification of cerebral palsy April 2006
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology|2007
4.8k cit.
2
Selective head cooling with mild systemic hypothermia after neonatal encephalopathy: multicentre randomised trial
The Lancet|2005
2.2k cit.
3
Neonatal MRI to Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants
New England Journal of Medicine|2006
1.3k cit.
4
Multimodal classification of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment
NeuroImage|2011
1.3k cit.
5
Rat forebrain neurogenesis and striatal neuron replacement after focal stroke
Annals of Neurology|2002
1k cit.
6
Hierarchical feature representation and multimodal fusion with deep learning for AD/MCI diagnosis
NeuroImage|2014
972 cit.
7
Use of the noninvasive components of the mayo score to assess clinical response in Ulcerative Colitis
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases|2008
952 cit.
8
Antecedents of Cerebral Palsy
New England Journal of Medicine|1986
943 cit.
9
Late Oligodendrocyte Progenitors Coincide with the Developmental Window of Vulnerability for Human Perinatal White Matter Injury
Journal of Neuroscience|2001
938 cit.
10
Sequence of Central Nervous System Myelination in Human Infancy. II. Patterns of Myelination in Autopsied Infants
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology|1988
893 cit.

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