Fetal Magnetoencephalography- achievements and challenges in the study of prenatal and early postnatal brain responses: A review

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-93

  Sheridana, Carolin J ^a,b   Matuz, Tamara ^b   Draganova, Rossitza ^a   Eswaran, Hari ^a   Preissla, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive development in the fetus; Fetal magnetoencephalography

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949118410     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.657     Document Type: Article

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