Fetal heart rate variability reveals differential dynamics in the intrauterine development of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-226

  Schneider, U ^a   Schleussner, E ^a   Fiedler, A ^a   Jaekel, S ^a   Liehr, M ^b   Haueisen, J ^b,c   Hoyer, D ^b  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; FETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY; FREQUENCY RANGES; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART-RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LINEAR PARAMETERS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAMS; POWER;

HEART;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 63649085117     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/2/008     Document Type: Article

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