BGT, Basal ganglia/thalami; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; Basal ganglia and thalamus; Bayley-III; Bayley-III, Bayley Scales of Infant & Toddler Development 3rd edition; CLC, Cognitive and Language Composite from the Bayley-III scales; CP, Cerebral palsy; CX, Cortex; Cerebral palsy; Cortex; DWI, Diffusion-weighted imaging; GA, Gestational age; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System; HIE, Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy; Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy; ILEA, International League Against Epilepsy; IQR, Interquartile range; LDH72h, Lactate dehydrogenase close to 72h post-asphyxial event; LDHpeak, Highest LDH in the first 3 days; Logistic regression; MRI; MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Moderate or severe perinatal asphyxia; NPV, Negative Predictive Value; Neonatal seizures; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Outcome prediction; PA, Predictive Accuracy; PLIC, Posterior limb of the internal capsule; PNC, Postnatal collapse; PPV, Positive Predictive Value; Posterior limb of the internal capsule; RCT, Randomised controlled trial; Se, Sensitivity; Sp, Specificity; T1 and T2; TH, Therapeutic hypothermia; TIS, Total injury score; Therapeutic hypothermia; WMxBGT, Product of white matter and basal ganglia/thalami scores; White matter; aEEG, amplitude integrated electroencephalography; h, hours; lactatehrs<5mmol, plasma lactate recovery time; m, months