NIBS-CP Elsass Fonden, Co-PI · 2022–2028
NeuroImaging of Babies during natural Sleep to assess typical development and Cerebral Palsy.
We investigate the development of the brain and motor function in developing infants, including those at risk of cerebral palsy. NIBS-CP aims to establish procedures for clinical infant and toddler MRI during natural sleep, without sedation or general anesthesia, in Denmark. At the same time, the project implements advanced MRI sequences that may be more sensitive to detecting brain injury than conventional diagnostic MRI.
Funded by the Elsass Foundation (9,999,800 DKK). PI Kathrine Skak Madsen, Co-PI Melanie Ganz.
Progress
Postdoc Madeleine Wyburd presented the first preliminary data from the NIBS-CP cohort at the FITNG2026 meeting in July 2026; recruitment for the cohort is expected to complete in autumn 2026. See the News archive for more updates on the study's progress.