Functional hemispheric asymmetries in humans: Electrophysiological evidence from preterm infants

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-574

  Mento, Giovanni ^a   Suppiej, Agnese ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a   Bisiacchi, Patrizia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; ERPs; Hemisphere; Infants; Laterality; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75749127423     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07076.x     Document Type: Article

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