A neural explanation of fetal heart rate patterns: A test of the Polyvagal Theory

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-118

  Reed, Shawn F ^a   Ohel, Gonen ^b   David, Rahav ^b   Porges, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring; Heart rate variability; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Vagus

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS TONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINOATRIAL NODE; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032832295     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199909)35:2<108::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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