Postnatal temporal, spatial and modality tuning of nociceptive cutaneous flexion reflexes in human infants.

Cutaneous flexion reflexes are amongst the first behavioural responses to develop and are essential for the protection and survival of the newborn organism. Despite this, there has been no detailed, quantitative study of their maturation in human neonates. Here we use surface electromyographic (EMG)...

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Main Authors: Laura Cornelissen, Lorenzo Fabrizi, Deborah Patten, Alan Worley, Judith Meek, Stewart Boyd, Rebeccah Slater, Maria Fitzgerald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076470
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