The heart rate deceleratory response in low-risk human fetuses: Effect of stimulus intensity on response topography

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-113

  Groome, Lynn J ^a   Mooney, Donna M ^a   Holland, Scherri B ^a   Bentz, Lynn S ^a   Atterbury, Jana L ^a   Dykman, Roscoe A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac orienting reflex; Human fetus

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREATHING; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEARING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFLEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; REFLEX; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031093939     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199703)30:2<103::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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