Abstract: @@ The spectacular development of neonatal intensive care since the 1960s allowed a drop in neonatal mortality of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants from 50% to less than 15% in the last decade.1 However 15% to 25% of the VLBW infants will present neurodevelopment impairment in the following fields: motor function,vision, auditory function, cognition, behaviour, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders, visual-motor integration and language.2,3 Compared to their term pairs there is substantial scientific evidence of altered early brain development.