Preterm infants' sympathetic arousal and associated behavioral responses to sound stimuli in the neonatal intensive care unit

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-166

  Salavitabar, Arash ^a   Haidet, Kim Kopenhaver ^a,b   Adkins, Cherie S ^b   Susman, Elizabeth J ^a   Palmer, Charles ^a,b   Storm, Hanne ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavorial responses; Preterm infants; Skin conductance; Sound stimuli; Sympathetic arousal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955761122     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e3181dd6dea     Document Type: Article

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