The effect of thermal stimulation on the heart-rate variability in neonates

Early Human Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-66

  Shefi, O ^a   Davidson, S ^a   Maayan, A ^a   Akselrod, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Neonates; Thermal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MATURATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0032575625     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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