Publication Date:
1978-01-20
Description:
An anencephalic infant, 3 to 6 weeks old, responded to acoustic stimulation with cardiac decelerations typical of the response pattern seen in normal, older infants. Such precocity implies unexpected competence of lower brain structures and suggests that, in the normal infant, feedback from immature higher centers may sometimes interfere with rather than modulate the functioning of lower centers.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Graham, F K -- Leavitt, L A -- Strock, B D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Jan 20;199(4326):322-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/619460" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acoustic Stimulation
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Age Factors
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Anencephaly/*physiopathology
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*Behavior/physiology
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Brain/*physiopathology
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Habituation, Psychophysiologic/physiology
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*Heart Rate
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Orientation/physiology
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Reflex/physiology
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Sleep/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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