Olfaction in the fetal and premature infant: Functional status and clinical implications

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-285

  Schaal, Benoist ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b   Soussignan, Robert ^c  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c CNRS UMR 7593 Vulnerabilite Adaptation et Psychopathologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMORECEPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEWBORN CARE; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMELLING;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; SMELL;

EID: 4143062502     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2004.04.003     Document Type: Review

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