Fetal behavioral development: Measurement of habituation, state transitions, and movement to assess fetal well being and to predict outcome

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-57

  Krasnegor, Norman A ^a,f   Fifer, William ^a   Maulik, Dev ^b   McNellis, Donald ^c   Romero, Roberto ^d   Smotherman, William ^e  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chaos theory; Fetal movements; Fetus; Hibituation; State transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; ETHOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; NEONATOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; UTERUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031847497     PISSN: 09396322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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