Publikationen

Barda T, Schmitz-Koep B, Menegaux A, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Sorg C, Hedderich D. The impact of socio-environmental factors on brain structure over the early life course of preterm-born individuals – A systematic review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2025;170:106061 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106061

Bolbocean C, Anderson PJ, Bartmann P, Cheong JLY, Doyle LW, Johnson S, Marlow N, Wolke D, Petrou S, O'Neill S. A heterogeneity analysis of health-related quality of life in early adults born very preterm or very low birthweight across the sociodemographic spectrum. Social Science & Medicine. 2025;380: 118181 doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118181

Eves R, Nearchou F, Wolke D, Pluess M, Lemola S. Interactions between infant characteristics and parenting factors rarely replicate across cohorts and developmental domains. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2025;66(8): 1234-1248 doi:10.1111/jcpp.14149

Gonen, E, Twilhaar, ES, Tsalacopoulos, N, Busch, B, Bartmann, P, Wolke, D. Wealth Among Adults Aged 26 to 34Years Born Very Preterm and Full Term. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(5): e2510093 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.10093

Marek M, Wolke D, Sorg C, Wendt J, Menegaux A, Hedderich D, Bartmann P, Burkhardt M, Hildebrandt A, Heep A. Structural network topology and cognitive control in preterm born young adults. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie 2025;229(03): e111-e112 doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1808533

Ni Y, Tsalacopoulos N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Published online 2025. doi:10.1111/camh.70025

Stegmann-Woessner G, Bartmann P, Mitschdoerfer B, Wolke D. Forever premature: Adults born preterm and their life challenges. Early Human Development 2025;204: 106248 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106248

Thalhammer M, Seidlitz J, Neubauer A, Menegaux, A, Schmitz-Koep, B, Di Biase, MA,Schulz, J, Dorfschmidt, L, Bethlehem, RAI, Alexander-Bloch, A, Adamson,C. Ball, G, Sa De Almeida, J, Beare, R, Zimmer, C, Daamen, M. Boecker, H, Bartmann, P, Wolke, D, Hedderich, D, Sorg, C. Heterogeneous, temporally consistent, and plastic brain development after preterm birth. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1) doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63967-1

Twilhaar ES, Wolke D. Fostering positive mental health outcomes in vulnerable children: Pathways to resilience after preterm birth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Published online 2025. doi:10.1111/jcpp.70002

Wolke D, Zhou Y, Liu Y, Eves R, Mendonça M, Twilhaar ES. A systematic review of conceptualizations and statistical methods in longitudinal studies of resilience. Nature Mental Health. 2025;3(9): 1088-1099 doi:10.1038/s44220-025-00479-3

Wong MK-Y, Mendonça M, Tsalacopoulos N, Bartmann, P, Darlow, DA, Horwood, LJ, Harris, SL, Kajantie, E, Nosarti, C, Indredavik, SI, Evensen, KAI, Räikkönen, K, Heinonen, K, van der Pal, S, & Wolke, D. Fertility of young adults born very preterm/very low birth weight: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Annals of Epidemiology. 2025 Jun;106: 30-39. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.04.006

Wong MK-Y, Tsalacopoulos N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Fertility of Adults Born Very Preterm or With Very Low Birth Weight. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(3): e251164 doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1164

Zhou Y, Bartmann P, Tsalacopoulos N, Wolke D. Developmental trajectories of internalizing problems among individuals born very preterm/very low birthweight: early risk and resilience factors. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Published online 2025. doi:10.1007/s00787-025-02736-3

Zhou Y, Gonen E, Bartmann P, Wolke D. The role of internalising trajectories in adult wealth and social relationships following very preterm birth/very low birth weight. Early Human Development. 2025;211: 106395. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106395

Zhou Y, Mendonça M, Tsalacopoulos N, Bartmann, P, Darlow, BA, Harris, SL, Horwood, J, Woodward, LJ, Anderson, PJ, Doyle, LW, Cheong, JLY, Kajantie, E, Tikanmäki, M, Johnson, S, Marlow, N, Nosarti, C, Indredavik, MS,Evensen, KAI, Räikkönen, K, Heinonen, K, van der Pal, S, Wolke, D. Socioeconomic outcomes in very preterm/very low birth weight adults: individual participant data meta-analysis. Pediatric Research. Published online 2025. doi:10.1038/s41390-025-04082-1

Baumann N, Anderson PJ, Johnson S, Marlow N, Wolke D, Jaekel J. Harmonisation of assessments of attention, social, emotional, and behaviour problems using the Child Behavior Checklist and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 2024;33(1): e2001. doi:10.1002/mpr.2001/mpr.2001

Bilgin A, Heinonen K, Girchenko P, Kajantie E, Wolke D, Räikkönen K. Early childhood multiple or persistent regulatory problems and diurnal salivary cortisol in young adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2024;161: 106940. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106940

Geiger I, Kostenzer J, Matthäus V, Mader S, On behalf of the ESCNH Chair Committee†, Zimmermann LJI. Reassessing and Extending the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health: How to Keep Reference Standards in Line with Current Evidence. Children. 2024;11(2):179. doi:10.3390/children11020179  
† Dieter Wolke (DW is funded by a UKRI Frontier Research Grant(ERC-AdG reviewed) EP/X023206/1)

Gonen E, Twilhaar ES, Baumann N, Busch B, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Changes in social relationships from 26 to 34 years of age in adults born very preterm. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2025;39(1):15-26. doi:10.1111/ppe.13133

Larsen J, Holland J, Kochhar P, Wolke, D, Draper, ES, Marlow, N, Johnson, S Comparing the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Cohorts of Children Born Extremely Preterm in 1995 and 2006: The EPICure Studies. JAACAP Open. Published online 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.02.005

Liu, Y, Realo, A, Mendonça, M, Baumann, N, Bartmann, P, Räikkönen, K, Heinonen, K, Robinson, R, Marlow, N, Johnson, S, Ni, Y, Kajantie, E, Hovi, P, Tikanmäki, M, Wolke, D. The effect of very preterm birth on the Five-Factor Model of personality traits: A meta-analysis of individual participant data. European Journal of Personality, 2024;39(4): 498-517 doi: 10.1177/08902070241280101

Mendonça M, Ni Y, Baumann N, Darlow BA, Horwood J, Doyle LW, Cheong,JLY, Anderson PJ, Bartmann P, Marlow N, Johnson S, Kajatie E, Hovi P, Nosarti C, Indredavik MS, Evensen KAI, Räikkönen K, Heinonen K, Van Der Pal S, Woodward LJ, Harris S, Eves R, Wolke D. Romantic and sexual relationships of young adults born very preterm: An individual participant data meta‐analysis. Acta Paediatrica. 2024;113(12):2513-2525. doi: 10.1111/apa.17397

Menegaux, A, Wendt, J, Schmitz-Koep, B, Hedderich, D, Zimmer, C, Wolke, D, Bartmann, P, Sorg, C. The Bavarian Longitudinal Study (BLS) - Cortico-subcortical structural connectivity is altered in very preterm-born adults. S466 In Proceedings of the 15th International Newborn Brain Conference: Long-term outcome studies, developmental care, palliative care, ethical dilemmas, and challenging clinical scenarios in neonatal neurology. Journal of Neonatal-perinatal Medicine, 2024; 17(3):S447–S500. doi: 10.3233/npm-249006

Thalhammer, M, Nimpal, M, Schulz, J, Meedt, V, Menegaux, A, Schmitz-Koep, B, Daamen, M, Boecker, H, Zimmer, C, Priller, J, Wolke, D, Bartmann, P, Hedderich, D, Sorg, C. Consistently lower volumes across thalamus nuclei in very premature-born adults. NeuroImage, 2024; 297:120732. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120732

Wendt J, Neubauer A, Hedderich DM, Schmitz‐Koep B, Ayyildiz S, Schinz D, Hippen,R, Daamen M, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Menegaux A. Human Claustrum Connections: Robust In Vivo Detection by DWI‐Based Tractography in Two Large Samples. Human Brain Mapping, 2024;45(14). doi: 10.1002/hbm.70042

Zorjan S, Wolke D, Baumann N, Sorg C, Mulej Bratec S. The association between early regulatory problems and adult peer relationship quality is mediated by the brain's allostatic‐interoceptive system. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2024;66(1):75-84. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.14033

Bolbocean C, Anderson PJ, Bartmann P, Cheong JLY, Doyle LW, Wolke D, Petrou S. Comparative evaluation of the health utilities index mark 3 and the short form 6D: evidence from an individual participant data meta-analysis of very preterm and very low birthweight adults. Quality of Life Research. 2023;32(6):1703-1716. doi:10.1007/s11136-023-03344-x

Bolbocean C, Van Der Pal S, Van Buuren S, Anderson PJ, Bartmann P, Baumann N, Cheong JLY, Darlow BA, Doyle LW, Evensen KAI, Horwood J, Indredavik MS, Johnson S, Marlow N, Mendonça M, Ni Y, Wolke D, Woodward L, Verrips E, Petrou S. Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Very Preterm or Very Low Birth Weight Adults: Evidence From an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. PharmacoEconomics. 2023;41(1):93-105. doi:10.1007/s40273-022-01201-2

Eves R, Wolke D, Spiegler J, Lemola S. Association of Birth Weight Centiles and Gestational Age With Cognitive Performance at Age 5 Years. JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(8):e2331815. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31815

Eves R, Baumann N, Bilgin A, Schnitzlein, D, Richter, D, Wolke, D, Lemola, S. Parents’ life satisfaction prior to and following preterm birth. Scientific Reports. 2023;13(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-48582-8

Hollund IM, Aakvik KA, Benum SD, Ingvaldsen SH, Lydersen S, Tikanmäki M, Hovi P, Räikkönen K, Kajantie E, Johnson S, Marlow N, Baumann N, Wolke D, Indredavik MS, Evensen KAI.  Mental health, pain and tiredness in adults born very preterm or with very low birthweight. Acta Paediatrica. 2023;113(1):72-80. doi:10.1111/apa.16982

Jaekel J, Heinonen K, Baumann N, Bilgin A, Pyhälä R, Sorg C, Räikkönen K, Wolke D. Associations of crying, sleeping, and feeding problems in early childhood and perceived social support with emotional disorders in adulthood. BMC Psychiatry. 2023;23(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-023-04854-1

Larsen J, Kochhar P, Wolke D, Draper ES, Marlow N, Johnson S. Comparing behavioural outcomes in children born extremely preterm between 2006 and 1995: the EPICure studies. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2024;33(5):1517-1528. doi:10.1007/s00787-023-02258-w

Neubauer A, Menegaux A, Wendt J, Li HB, Schmitz-Koep B, Ruzok T, Thalhammer M, Schinz D, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Priller J, Zimmer C, Rueckert D, Hedderich DM, & Sorg C. (2023). Aberrant claustrum structure in preterm-born neonates: an MRI study. NeuroImage: Clinical. 2023;37:103286. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103286

Schinz D, Schmitz‐Koep B, Zimmermann J, Brandes E, Tahedl M, Menegaux A, Dukart J, Zimmer C, Wolke D, Daamen M, Boecker H, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Indirect evidence for altered dopaminergic neurotransmission in very premature‐born adults. Human Brain Mapping. 2023;44(15):5125-5138. doi:10.1002/hbm.26451

Schmitz-Koep B, Menegaux A, Gaser C, Brandes, E, Schinz, D, Thalhammer, M, Daamen, M Boecker, H, Zimmer, C, Priller, J. Wolke, D, Bartmann, P, Sorg, C, & Hedderich, DM. Altered Gray Matter Cortical and Subcortical T1-Weighted/T2-Weighted Ratio in Premature-Born Adults. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2023;8(5):495-504. doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.02.013

Schmitz‐Koep B, Menegaux A, Zimmermann J, Thalhammer M, Neubauer A, Wendt J, Schinz D, Daamen M, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Priller J, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Altered gray‐to‐white matter tissue contrast in preterm‐born adults. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 2023;29(11):3199-3211. doi:10.1111/cns.14320

Wolke D, Baumann N, Jaekel J, Pyhälä R, Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Sorg C, Bilgin A. The association of early regulatory problems with behavioral problems and cognitive functioning in adulthood: two cohorts in two countries. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2023;64(6):876-885. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13742

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Jaekel J, Anderson PJ, Bartmann P, Cheong JLY, Doyle LW, Hack M, Johnson S, Marlow N, Saigal S, Schmidt L, Sullivan MC, Wolke D. Mathematical performance in childhood and early adult outcomes after very preterm birth: an individual participant data meta‐analysis. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2022;64(4):421-428. doi:10.1111/dmcn.15132

Liu Y, Mendonça M, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Very preterm birth and trajectories of domain-specific self-concept from childhood into adulthood. Development and Psychopathology. 2022;34(5):1926-1937. doi:10.1017/s0954579421000432

Ruzok T, Schmitz-Koep B, Menegaux A, Eves R, Daamen M, Boecker H, Rieger-Fackeldey E, Priller J, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Lower hypothalamus subunit volumes link with impaired long-term body weight gain after preterm birth. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2022;13. doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.1057566

Schmitz-Koep B, Menegaux A, Gaser C, Brandes E, Schinz D, Thalhammer M, Daamen M, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Priller J, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Altered Gray Matter Cortical and Subcortical T1-Weighted/T2-Weighted Ratio in Premature-Born Adults. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2023;8(5):495-504. doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.02.013

Schmitz-Koep B, Menegaux A, Zimmermann J, Thalhammer M, Neubauer A, Wendt J, Schinz D, Wachinger C, Daamen M, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Priller J, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Aberrant allometric scaling of cortical folding in preterm-born adults. Brain Communications. 2022;5(1). doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcac341

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Anderson PJ, de Miranda DM, Albuquerque MR, Indredavik MS, Evensen KAI, Van Lieshout R, Saigal S, Taylor HG, Raikkonen K, Kajantie E, Marlow N, Johnson S, Woodward LJ, Austin N, Nosarti C, Jaekel J, Wolke D, Cheong JL, Burnett A, Treyvaud K, Lee KJ, Doyle LW. Psychiatric disorders in individuals born very preterm / very low-birth weight: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Nov 27;42:101216. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101216

Bilgin A, Brylka A, Wolke D, Trower H, Baumann N, Lemola S. Subjective Well-Being and Self-Esteem in Preterm Born Adolescents: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2021 Oct-Nov 01;42(8):613-620. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000947

Eves R, Mendonça M, Baumann N, Ni Y, Darlow BA, Horwood J, Woodward LJ, Doyle LW, Cheong J, Anderson PJ, Bartmann P, Marlow N, Johnson S, Kajantie E, Hovi P, Nosarti C, Indredavik MS, Evensen KI, Räikkönen K, Heinonen K, Zeitlin J, Wolke D. Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Aug 1;175(8):e211058. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.1058 

Hedderich DM, Boeckh-Behrens T, Bäuml JG, Menegaux A, Daamen M, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Scheef L, Boecker H, Wolke D, Sorg C, Spiro JE. Sequelae of Premature Birth in Young Adults. Clinical Neuroradiology. 2021;31(2):325-333. doi:10.1007/s00062-020-00901-6

Hedderich DM, Menegaux A, Li H, Schmitz-Koep B, Stämpfli P, Bäuml JG, Berndt MT, Bäuerlein FJB, Grothe MJ, Dyrba M, Avram M, Boecker H, Daamen M, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Sorg C. Aberrant Claustrum Microstructure in Humans after Premature Birth. Cereb Cortex. 2021 Jun 25:bhab178. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab178

Hedderich DM, Menegaux A, Schmitz-Koep B, Nuttall R, Zimmermann J, Schneider SC, Bäuml JG, Daamen M, Boecker H, Wilke M, Zimmer C, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Gaser C. Increased Brain Age Gap Estimate (BrainAGE) in Young Adults After Premature Birth. Front Aging Neurosci. 2021 Apr 1;13:653365. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.653365

Heuser-Spura KM, Jaekel J, Wolke D. The Impact of Formal School Entry on Children’s Social Relationships with Parents, Siblings, and Friends. Children. 2021;8(10):891. doi:10.3390/children8100891

Jaekel J, Sorg C, Breeman L, Baumann N, Bilgin A, Bäuml JG, Wolke D. Early regulatory problems and parenting: life-long risk, vulnerability or susceptibility for attention, internalizing and externalizing outcomes?. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2021;30(10):1523-1531. doi:10.1007/s00787-020-01632-2

Liu Y, Mendonça M, Johnson S, O’Reilly H, Bartmann P, Marlow N, Wolke D. Testing the neurodevelopmental, trauma and developmental risk factor models of psychosis using a naturalistic experiment. Psychol Med. 2021 Feb;51(3):460-469. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719003349

Liu Y, Mendonça M, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Very preterm birth and trajectories of domain-specific self-concept from childhood into adulthood. Dev Psychopathol. 2021 Aug 20:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0954579421000432

Menegaux A, Meng C, Bäuml JG, Berndt MT, Hedderich DM, Schmitz-Koep B, Schneider S, Nuttall R, Zimmermann J, Daamen M, Zimmer C, Boecker H, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Sorg C. Aberrant cortico-thalamic structural connectivity in premature-born adults. Cortex. 2021 Aug;141:347-362. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.04.009

Ni Y, Mendonça M, Baumann N, Eves R, Kajantie E, Hovi P, Tikanmäki M, Räikkönen K, Heinonen K, Indredavik MS, Evensen KI, Johnson S, Marlow N, Wolke D. Social Functioning in Adults Born Very Preterm: Individual Participant Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5):e2021051986. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-051986

O’Nions E, Wolke D, Johnson S, Kennedy E. Preterm birth: Educational and mental health outcomes. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 16:13591045211006754. doi: 10.1177/13591045211006754

Reyes LM, Jaekel J, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Peer Relationship Trajectories in Very Preterm and Term Individuals from Childhood to Early Adulthood. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2021 Mar 29. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000949

Schmitz-Koep B, Zimmermann J, Menegaux A, Nuttall R, Bäuml JG, Schneider SC, Daamen M, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Hedderich DM, Sorg C. Within amygdala: Basolateral parts are selectively impaired in premature-born adults. Neuroimage Clin. 2021 Aug 9;31:102780. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102780

Schmitz-Koep B, Zimmermann J, Menegaux A, Nuttall R, Bäuml JG, Schneider SC, Daamen M, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Hedderich DM, Sorg C. Decreased amygdala volume in adults after premature birth. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 8;11(1):5403. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84906-2

Schmitz-Koep B, Haller B, Coupé P, Menegaux A, Gaser C, Zimmer C, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Grey and White Matter Volume Changes after Preterm Birth: A Meta-Analytic Approach. J Pers Med. 2021 Aug 30;11(9):868. doi: 10.3390/jpm11090868

Sentenac M, Benhammou V, Aden U, Ancel PY, Bakker LA, Bakoy H, Barros H, Baumann N, Bilsteen JF, Boerch K, Croci I, Cuttini M, Draper E, Halvorsen T, Johnson S, Källén K, Land T, Lebeer J, Lehtonen L, Maier RF, Marlow N, Morgan A, Ni Y, Raikkonen K, Rtimi A, Sarrechia I, Varendi H, Vollsaeter M, Wolke D, Ylijoki M, Zeitlin J. Maternal education and cognitive development in 15 European very-preterm birth cohorts from the RECAP Preterm platform. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Sep 15:dyab170. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab170

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Baumann N, Tresilian J, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Early Motor Trajectories Predict Motor but not Cognitive Function in Preterm- and Term-Born Adults without Pre-existing Neurological Conditions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 7;17(9):3258. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093258

Bilgin A, Baumann N, Jaekel J, Breeman LD, Bartmann P, Bäuml JG, Avram M, Sorg C, Wolke D. Early Crying, Sleeping, and Feeding Problems and Trajectories of Attention Problems From Childhood to Adulthood. Child Dev. 2020 Jan;91(1):e77-e91. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13155

Eves R, Mendonça M, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Small for gestational age-cognitive performance from infancy to adulthood: an observational study. BJOG. 2020 Dec;127(13):1598-1606. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16341

Eves R, von Mühlenen A, Mendonça M, Johnson S, O’Reilly H, Bartmann P, Marlow N, Wolke D. The Role of Executive and General Cognitive Functioning in the Attention Problems of Very and Extremely Preterm Adults. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2020 Aug;41(6):461-469. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000806

Hedderich DM, Bäuml JG, Menegaux A, Avram M, Daamen M, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Scheef L, Boecker H, Wolke D, Gaser C, Sorg C.  An analysis of MRI derived cortical complexity in premature-born adults: Regional patterns, risk factors, and potential significance.  Neuroimage. 2020 Mar;208:116438. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116438

Hedderich DM, Boeckh-Behrens T, Bäuml JG, Menegaux A, Daamen M, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Scheef L, Boecker H, Wolke D, Sorg C, Spiro JE. Sequelae of Premature Birth in Young Adults : Incidental Findings on Routine Brain MRI. Clin Neuroradiol. 2020 Apr 14. doi: 10.1007/s00062-020-00901-6

Hedderich DM, Avram M, Menegaux A, Nuttall R, Zimmermann J, Schneider SC, Schmitz-Koep B, Daamen M, Scheef L, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Bäuml JG, Sorg C. Hippocampal subfield volumes are nonspecifically reduced in premature-born adults. Hum Brain Mapp. 2020 Dec 15;41(18):5215-5227. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25187

Jaekel J, Heuser KM, Zapf A, Roll C, Nuñez FB, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Felderhoff-Mueser U, Huening B. Preterm children’s long-term academic performance after adaptive computerized training: an efficacy and process analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Pediatr Res. 2020 Sep 12:1–8. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01114-w

Menegaux A, Hedderich DM, Bäuml JG, Manoliu A, Daamen M, Berg RC, Preibisch C, Zimmer C, Boecker H, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Sorg C, Stämpfli P. Reduced apparent fiber density in the white matter of premature-born adults. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 14;10(1):17214. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73717-6

Nichols T, Jaekel J, Bartmann P, Wolke D. (2019) Differential susceptibility effects of maternal sensitivity in childhood on small for gestational age adults‘ wealth. Dev Psychopathol. 2020 Feb;32(1):197-203. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418001669

Robinson R, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Schnitzlein D, Voit F, Girchenko P, Wolke D, Lemola S, Kajantie E, Heinonen K, Räikkönen K. Mental health outcomes of adults born very preterm or with very low birth weight: A systematic review. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Jun;25(3):101113. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2020.101113

Schmitz-Koep B, Bäuml JG, Menegaux A, Nuttall R, Zimmermann J, Schneider SC, Daamen M, Scheef L, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Gaser C, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Sorg C, Hedderich DM. Decreased cortical thickness mediates the relationship between premature birth and cognitive performance in adulthood. Hum Brain Mapp. 2020 Dec;41(17):4952-4963. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25172

van der Pal S, Steinhof M, Grevinga M, Wolke D, Verrips GE. Quality of life of adults born very preterm or very low birth weight: A systematic review. Acta Paediatr. 2020 Oct;109(10):1974-1988. doi: 10.1111/apa.15249

Zeitlin J, Sentenac M, Morgan AS, Ancel PY, Barros H, Cuttini M, Draper E, Johnson S, Lebeer J, Maier RF, Norman M, Varendi H; RECAP Preterm child cohort research group. Priorities for collaborative research using very preterm birth cohorts.  Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2020 Feb 6. pii: fetalneonatal-2019-317991. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317991

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Baumann N, Tresilian J, Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Wolke D. Predictors of early motor trajectories from birth to 5 years in neonatal at-risk and control children. Acta Paediatr. 2019 Aug 23. doi: 10.1111/apa.14985

Berndt M, Bäuml JG, Menegaux A, Meng C, Daamen M, Baumann N, Zimmer C, Boecker H, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Sorg C. Impaired structural connectivity between dorsal attention network and pulvinar mediates the impact of premature birth on adult visual-spatial abilities. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Oct 1;40(14):4058-4071. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24685

Hedderich DM, Bäuml JG, Berndt MT, Menegaux A, Scheef L, Daamen M, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Boecker H, Wolke D, Gaser C, Sorg C. Aberrant gyrification contributes to the link between gestational age and adult IQ after premature birth. Brain. 2019 May 1;142(5):1255-1269. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz071

Jaekel J, Sorg C, Baeuml J, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Head Growth and Intelligence from Birth to Adulthood in Very Preterm and Term Born Individuals. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Jan;25(1):48-56. doi: 10.1017/S135561771800084X

Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. General cognitive but not mathematic abilities predict very preterm and healthy term born adults‘ wealth. PLoS One.2019 Mar 13;14(3):e0212789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212789

Jurcoane A, Daamen M, Keil VC, Scheef L, Bäuml JG, Meng C, Wohlschläger AM, Sorg C, Busch B, Baumann N, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Boecker H, Lüchters G, Marinova M, Hattingen E. Automated quantitative evaluation of brain MRI may be more accurate for discriminating preterm born adults. Eur Radiol. 2019 Jul;29(7):3533-3542. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06099-7

Liu Y, Mendonça M, Johnson S, O’Reilly H, Bartmann P, Marlow N, Wolke D. Testing the neurodevelopmental, trauma and developmental risk factor models of psychosis using a naturalistic experiment. Psychol Med. 2019 Dec 9:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719003349

Reyes LM, Jaekel J, Kreppner J, Wolke D, Sonuga-Barke E. A Comparison of the effects of preterm birth and institutional deprivation on child temperament. Dev Psychopathol. 2019 Nov 12:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419001457

M Reyes L, Jaekel J, Wolke D. Effects of Gestational Age and Early Parenting on Children’s Social Inhibition at 6 Years. Children (Basel). 2019 Jun 28;6(7). pii: E81. doi: 10.3390/children6070081.

Shang J, Fisher P, Bäuml JG, Daamen M, Baumann N, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Boecker H, Wolke D, Sorg C, Koutsouleris N, Dwyer DB.  A machine learning investigation of volumetric and functional MRI abnormalities in adults born preterm. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Oct 1;40(14):4239-4252.  doi: 10.1002/hbm.24698

Wolke D. Is Social Inequality in Cognitive Outcomes Increased by Preterm Birth-Related Complications? JAMA Netw Open. 2019 May 3;2(5):e192902. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2902

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Breeman LD, Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Bäuml JG, Avram M, Sorg C, Wolke D. Infant regulatory problems, parenting quality and childhood attention problems.  Early Human Development, 2018;124:11-16. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.07.009

Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Mood and anxiety disorders in very preterm/very low–birth weight individuals from 6 to 26 years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2018;59(1): 88-95. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12787

Shang J, Bäuml JG, Koutsouleris N, Daamen M, Baumann N, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Boecker H, Wolke D, Sorg C. Decreased BOLD fluctuations in lateral temporal cortices of premature born adults. Human Brain Mapping, 2018;39(12): 4903-4912. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24332

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Bäuml JG, Meng C, Daamen M, Baumann N, Busch B, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Boecker H, Wohlschläger A, Sorg C, Jaekel J. The association of children’s mathematic abilities with both adults‘ cognitive abilities and intrinsic fronto-parietal networks is altered in preterm-born individuals. Brain Struct Funct. 2017 Mar;222(2):799-812. doi: 10.1007/s00429-016-1247-4

Breeman LD, van der Pal S, Verrips GH, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D.  Neonatal treatment philosophy in Dutch and German NICUs: health-related quality of life in adulthood of VP/VLBW infants. Qual Life Res. 2017 Apr;26(4):935-943. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1410-7

Breeman LD, Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. (2017) Neonatal predictors of cognitive ability in adults born very preterm: a prospective cohort study. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2017 May;59(5):477-483. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13380

Grothe MJ, Scheef L, Bäuml J, Meng C, Daamen M, Baumann N, Zimmer C, Teipel S, Bartmann P, Boecker H, Wolke D, Wohlschläger A, Sorg C. Reduced Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Integrity Links Neonatal Complications and Adult Cognitive Deficits After Premature Birth. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 15;82(2):119-126. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.12.008

Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D.  Mood and anxiety disorders in very preterm/very low-birth weight individuals from 6 to 26 years. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 27.  doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12787

Pyhälä R, Wolford E, Kautiainen H, Andersson S, Bartmann P, Baumann N, Brubakk AM, Evensen KAI, Hovi P, Kajantie E, Lahti M, Van Lieshout RJ, Saigal S, Schmidt LA, Indredavik MS, Wolke D, Räikkönen K. Self-Reported Mental Health Problems Among Adults Born Preterm: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2017 Apr;139(4):e20162690. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2690

Wolke D, Baumann N, Busch B, Bartmann P. Very Preterm Birth and Parents‘ Quality of Life 27 Years Later.  Pediatrics. 2017 Aug 10.  doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1263

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Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Into Adulthood After Very Preterm Birth. Pediatrics. 2016 Apr;137(4). pii: e20153148. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-3148

Breeman L, Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Attention problems in very preterm children from childhood to adulthood: the Bavarian Longitudinal Study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016 Feb;57(2):132-40. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12456

Jaekel J, Eryigit-Madzwamuse S, Wolke D. Preterm toddlers’ inhibitory control abilities predict attention regulation and academic achievement at age 8 years, J Pediatr. 2016 Feb;169:87-92.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.10.029

Jurcoane A, Daamen M, Scheef L, Bäuml JG, Meng C. Wohlschläger A, Sorg C, Busch B, Baumann N, Wolke D, Bartmann P, Hattingen E, Boecker H. White matter alterations of the corticospinal tract in adults born very preterm and/or with very low birth weight, Hum Brain Mapp. 2016 Jan;37(1):289-99. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23031

Meng C, Bauml JG, Daamen M, Jaekel J, Neitzel J, Scheef L, Busch B, Baumann N, Boecker H, Zimmer C, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Wohlschlager AM, Sorg, C.  Extensive and interrelated subcortical white and gray matter alterations in preterm born adults, Brain Struct Funct. 2016 May;221(4):2109-21. doi: 10.1007/s00429-015-1032-9

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Bilgin A, Wolke D.  Maternal Sensitivity in Parenting Preterm Children: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2015 Jul;136(1):e177-93 doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3570

Breeman L, Jaekel J, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. (2015) Preterm Cognitive Function Into Adulthood. Pediatrics. 2015 Aug 10. pii: peds.2015-0608 doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0608

Daamen M, Bäuml J, Scheef L, Meng C, Jurcoane A, Jaekel J, Sorg C, Busch B, Baumann N,  Bartmann P, Wolke D, Wohlschläger A, Boecker H. Neural Correlates of Executive Attention in Adults Born Very Preterm, Neuroimage Clinical. 2015 Sep 10;9:581-91. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.09.002

Daamen M, Bäuml JG, Scheef L, Sorg C, Busch B, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Wohlschläger A, and Boecker H. Working memory in preterm-born adults: Load-dependent compensatory activity of the posterior default mode network. Hum Brain Mapp. 2015 Mar;36(3):1121-37. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22691

Eryigit-Madzwamuse S, Wolke D. Attention problems in relation to gestational age at birth and smallness for gestational age. Early Human Development, 2015 Feb;91(2):131-8. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.01.004

Eryigit-Madzwamuse S, Strauss V, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D . Personality of adults who were born very preterm.  Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2015 Nov;100(6):F524-9. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-308007

Finke K, Neitzel J, Bäuml JG, Redel P, Müller HJ, Meng C, Jaekel J, Daamen M, Scheef L, Busch B, Baumann N, Boecker H, Bartmann P, Habekost T, Wolke D, Wohlschläger A, Sorg C. Visual attention in preterm born adults: specifically impaired attentional sub-mechanisms that link with altered intrinsic brain networks in a compensation-like mode. Neuroimage, 2015 Feb 15;107:95-106 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.062

Jaekel J, Pluess M, Belsky J, Wolke D.  Effects of maternal sensitivity on low birth weight children’s academic achievement: a test of differential susceptibility versus diathesis stress. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2015 Jun;56(6):693-701 doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12331

Jaekel J, Strauss V, Johnson S, Gilmore C, Wolke, D.  Delayed school entry and academic performance: A natural experiment. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2015 Jul;57(7):652-659. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.12713

Wolke D, Baumann N, Strauss V, Johnson S, Marlow, N. Bullying of preterm children and emotional problems at school age: cross-culturally invariant effects, J Pediatr. 2015 Jun;166(6):1417-22 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.02.055

Wolke D, Strauss V, Johnson S, Gilmore C, Marlow N, Jaekel J, Universal gestational age effects on cognitive and basic numerical processing: two cohorts in two countries, J Pediatr. 2015 Jun;166(6):1410-1416.e2 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.02.065

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Bäuml JG, Daamen M, Meng C, Neitzel J, Scheef L, Jaekel J, Busch B, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Boecker H, Wohlschläger AM, Sorg, C. Correspondence between Aberrant Intrinsic Network Connectivity and Gray-Matter Volume in the Ventral Brain of Preterm Born Adults. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Nov;25(11):4135-45. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu133

Eryigit-Madzwamuse S, Baumann N, Jaekel J, Bartmann P, Wolke D. Neuro-cognitive performance of very preterm or very low birth weight adults at 26 years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2015;56(8):857-864. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12358

Jaekel J, Bartmann P, Schneider W, Wolke D.  Neurodevelopmental pathways to preterm children’s specific and general mathematic abilities. Early Hum Dev. 2014 Oct;90(10):639-44. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.07.015

Jaekel J, Wolke D. Preterm birth and dyscalculia. J Pediatr. 2014 Jun;164(6):1327-32 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.069

Schmid G, Wolke D. Preschool regulation problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity and cognitive deficits at school age in children born at risk: Different phenotypes of dysregulation?  Early Hum Dev. 2014 Aug;90(8):399-405 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.05.001

Strauss VY, Wolke D, Johnson S, Jaekel J, Gilmore C. The effect of gestational age at birth on cognitive development and mathematics learning difficulties. Infant Mental Health Journal, 2014 35(3; Suppl), PS1.9-S3.

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Jäkel J, Baumann N Wolke, D.  Effects of gestational age at birth on cognitive performance: A function of cognitive workload demands. PLoS One. 2013 May 24;8(5):e65219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065219

Jäkel J, Wolke D, Bartmann P  Poor attention rather than hyperactivity/impulsivity predicts academic achievement in very preterm and fullterm adolescents. Psychological Medicine, 2013 Jan;43(1):183-96. doi: 10.1017/S0033291712001031

Johnson S, Wolke D. Behavioural outcomes and psychopathology during adolescence. Early Hum Dev. 2013 Apr;89(4):199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.01.014

Wolke D, Jäkel J, Hall J, Baumann, N. Effects of sensitive parenting on the academic resilience of very preterm and very low birth weight adolescents J Adolesc Health, 2013 Nov;53(5):642-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.014

Wolke D, Chernova J, Eryigit-Madzwamuse S, Samara M, Zwierzynska K, Petrou S. Self and parent perspectives on health related quality of life of adolescents born very preterm. The Journal of Pediatrics, 2013 Oct;163(4):1020-6.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.030

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Hall J, Wolke,D. A comparison of prematurity and small for gestational age as risk factors for age 6-13 year emotional problems. Early Human Development, 2012 Oct;88(10):797-804. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.05.005

Hall J, Jäkel J, Wolke D  Gender distinctive impacts of prematurity and small for gestational age on age-6 attention problems. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2012 Nov;17(4):238-245. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00649.x

Jäkel J, Wolke D, Leyendecker B. Resilience in preschool children: To what degree can a stimulating home literacy environment compensate biological and socio-cultural adversity?/Resilienz im Vorschulalter: Wie stark kann die familiäre Leseumwelt biologische und soziokulturelle Entwicklungsrisiken kompensieren? Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 2012 24 (2): 148-159.

Jäkel J, Wolke D, Chernova J  Mother and child behaviour in very preterm and term dyads at 6 and 8 years. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012 Aug;54(8):716-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04323.x

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Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Pesonen AK, Andersson S, Kajantie E, Eriksson J, Wolke D, Lano, A.  Longitudinal study of smoking cessation before pregnancy and children’s cognitive abilities at 56 months of age. Early Human Development, 2011, 87(5), 353-9 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.02.002

Jaekel J, Wolke D. (2011) Teacher rated attention problems predict academic achievement in very preterm and fullterm adolescents. In J. Özyurt, A. Anschütz, S. Bernholt, & J. Lenk, (Eds.). Interdisciplinary perspectives on cognition, education, and the brain (pp. 193-200). Hanse Studies, Vol. 7.  Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag. LCCN 2012396249

Jaekel J, & Wolke D (2011). Sequential vs. simultaneous visual-spatial processing and mathematical skills in VLBW/VP vs. fullterm children In J. Özyurt, A. Anschütz, S. Bernholt, & J. Lenk, (Eds.). Interdisciplinary perspectives on cognition, education, and the brain (pp. 201-205). Hanse Studies, Vol. 7.  Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag. LCCN 2012396249

Schmid G, Schreier A, Meyer R, Wolke D. (2011). Predictors of crying, feeding and sleeping problems: a prospective study. Child Care, Health and Development, 011 Jul;37(4):493-502. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01201.x