Fetal Brain Activity in Response to a Visual Stimulus

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Fulford, Jonathan ^a   Vadeyar, Shantala H ^a   Dodampahala, Senani H ^a   Moore, Rachel J ^a   Young, Paul ^a   Baker, Philip N ^b   James, David K ^a   Gowland, Penny A ^a,c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal brain activity; fMRI; Occipital and frontal regions; Visual stimulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0344394972     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10139     Document Type: Article

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