Maturation of the autonomic nervous system: Differences in heart rate variability in premature vs. term infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-308

  Longin, Elke ^a,b   Gerstner, Thorsten ^a   Schaible, Thomas ^a   Lenz, Tamara ^a   König, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptor reflex; Heart rate variability; Maturation; Premature; Respiratory modulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BREATHING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33746348612     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.058     Document Type: Article

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