Fetal habituation

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-123

  Hepper, Peter G ^a   Leader, Leo R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS FUNCTION TEST; FETUS MOVEMENT; HABITUATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0029945521     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0965539500001534     Document Type: Review

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