Brain development during fetal life: Influences of the intra-uterine environment

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 111-114

  Rees, Sandra ^a   Harding, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Fetus; Hypoxia; Infection

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CELL LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS HYPOXIA; GUINEA PIG; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 2342565049     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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