The response of crying newborns to sucrose: Is it a 'sweetness' effect?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-417

  Barr, Ronald G ^a   Pantel, Mitchell S ^a,b   Young, Simon N ^a   Wright, Janice H ^b   Hendricks, Lisa A ^b   Gravel, Ron ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspartame; Calm; Crying; Hand mouthcontact; Mouthing; Newborn; Polycose; State; State regulation; Sucrose; Sweetness; Taste

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CRYING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUTH; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

EID: 0032919886     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00294-7     Document Type: Article

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