کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3918001 1252160 2009 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Maturation of the human fetal startle response: Evidence for sex-specific maturation of the human fetus
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی زنان، زایمان و بهداشت زنان
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Maturation of the human fetal startle response: Evidence for sex-specific maturation of the human fetus
چکیده انگلیسی

Despite the evidence for early fetal experience exerting programming influences on later neurological development and health risk, very few prospective studies of human fetal behavior have been reported. In a prospective longitudinal study, fetal nervous system maturation was serially assessed by monitoring fetal heart rate (FHR) responses to vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS) in 191 maternal/fetal dyads. Responses were not detected at 26 weeks gestational age (GA). Sex-specific, age-characteristic changes in the FHR response to VAS were observed by 31 weeks' GA. Males showed larger responses and continued to exhibit maturational changes until 37 weeks' GA, females however, presented with a mature FHR startle response by 31 weeks' GA. The results indicate that there are different rates of maturation in the male and female fetuses that may have implications for sex-specific programming influences.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Early Human Development - Volume 85, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 633–638
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