Gentle touch activates the prefrontal cortex in infancy: An NIRS study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 541, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-66

  Kida, Tetsuo ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Hemodynamics; Plasticity; Pleasant touch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND PALM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; WOOD;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HAND; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TOUCH;

EID: 84876414690     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.01.048     Document Type: Article

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