Vulnerability of the developing brain: Neuronal mechanisms

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 357-372

  Bhutta, Adnan T ^a   Anand, K J S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PAIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0036742598     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(02)00011-8     Document Type: Review

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