Changing Balance of Spinal Cord Excitability and Nociceptive Brain Activity in Early Human Development

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 1998-2002

  Hartley, Caroline ^a   Moultrie, Fiona ^a   Gursul, Deniz ^a   Hoskin, Amy ^a   Adams, Eleri ^a   Rogers, Richard ^b   Slater, Rebeccah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84978512599     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.054     Document Type: Article

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