Fetal pain

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 807-814

  Rokyta, Richard ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Development of pain perception; Fetal analgesia; Fetal pain and nociception

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE;

AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FETAL PAIN; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOXEMIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STRESS; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 59849112166     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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