Functional plasticity before the cradle: A review of neural functional imaging in the human fetus

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2220-2232

  Anderson, Amy L ^a,b   Thomason, Moriah E ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Fetal; Fetus; FMRI; Functional connectivity; MEG; Plasticity; Resting state

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN MATURATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION;

DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FETAL; FETUS; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; MEG; PLASTICITY; RESTING STATE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84888823651     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.03.013     Document Type: Review

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