Relevant clinical demonstrations in NDC Resource Hub

Dr Pamela Douglas9th of Jun 202410th of Jun 2024

crying baby

Positional instability at breast

Baby fusses at breast due to positional instability: Gabrielle and second born Raphael
Takes in air with breast, clicks, difficulty latching: Jade and baby Archie

Conditioned dialling up with breastfeeds

Baby fusses at breast, difficulty coming on, laryngomalacia, reflux: Clare and 7-week-old Walter
Marathon breastfeeding, fussy baby, difficulty bringing baby on: Chelsea and baby Malachi

Conditioned dialling up with the bottle

Conditioned dialling up with the bottle. Kathy, Juan and 6-month-old baby Luciano

Cry-fuss problems

Cry-fuss problems: Caitlyn and 3-week-old William
Cry-fuss problems: Hannah and 5-week-old Melody
Cry-fuss problems: 7-week-old William and his parents
Cry-fuss problems: Maddie, Jacob and 7-week-old Walter
Cry-fuss problems: Natalia and 10-week old Max

Next up in The NDC neurobiological model of infant cry-fuss behaviours: deeper dive for health professionals

NDC neurobiological model: neural and behavioural biomarkers of critically injury-sensitive neuroplasticity in the first 100 days

crying baby, neuroplasticity, infant brain, cortical subplate, biomarker

The cortical subplate is a behavioural biomarker of the critically neuroplastic and injury-sensitive first 100 days of life

Neural network development activity peaks between the last three months in-utero and the first three months post-birth, spanning from the beginning of cortical subplate diminution until the subplate disappears as permanent circuitries in the primary motor, somatosensory, and visual cortex take over.

Until then, sensory-motor information continues to be relayed through subplate neurons, which sculpt permanent cortical templates. Cortical subplate neurons are known...