Prenatal growth and early postnatal influences on adult motor cortical excitability

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pitcher, Julia B ^a,b   Robertson, Alexandra L ^a   Cockington, Richard A ^c   Moore, Vivienne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Developmental origins of health and disease; Gestation; Motor cortex; Neuromotor development; Socioeconomic condition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 67649620112     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1638     Document Type: Article

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