A neurobiological model for the effects of early brainstem functioning on the development of behavior and emotion regulation in infants: Implications for prenatal and perinatal risk

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1031-1041

  Geva, Ronny ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Audiology; Brain development; Emotion regulation; Executive function; Perinatal; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONALITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BRAIN STEM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RISK;

EID: 53849092104     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01918.x     Document Type: Review

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