The diving reflex in healthy infants in the first year of life

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-171

  Pedroso, Fleming S ^a   Riesgo, Rudimar S ^b   Gatiboni, Tanira ^b   Rotta, Newra T ^b  

^a Methodist University Center   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

development; diving reflex; trigeminal

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYING; DIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFLEX;

EID: 84857416675     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811415269     Document Type: Article

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