Electrocortical activity in the near-term ovine fetus: Automated analysis using amplitude frequency components

Brain Research

Volumn 1402, Issue , 2011, Pages 30-37

  Keen, Ashley E ^a   Frasch, Martin G ^a   Sheehan, Melissa A ^a   Matushewski, Brad J ^a   Richardson, Bryan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural state; Brain development; Fetus

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN MATURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960210808     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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