Neonatal EEG/sleep state analyses: A complex phenotype of developmental neural plasticity

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-275

  Scher, Mark S ^a   Loparo, Kenneth A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational phenotypes; Developmental neural plasticity; Developmental origins theory; EEG sleep; Endophenotypes; Fetal neonatal brain disorders; Neonate; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; BIRTH; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIGENETICS; FETUS MATURITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANCY; LIFE STRESS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

EID: 67650938465     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000216537     Document Type: Review

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