Auditory brain development in premature infants: The importance of early experience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1252, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Mcmahon, Erin ^a   Wintermark, Pia ^b   Lahav, Amir ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Brain; Newborns; Noise; Plasticity; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BONE CONDUCTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; LEARNING; MUSIC; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84860253324     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06445.x     Document Type: Article

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