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. 2001 Apr 27;899(1-2):251-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02239-9.

Mechanically evoked perioral reflexes in premature and term human infants

S M Barlow  1 , A Dusick, D S Finan, S Coltart, A Biswas
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Mechanically evoked perioral reflexes in premature and term human infants

S M Barlow et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

Neurophysiological assessment of the preterm human neonatal oromotor system has been limited due to their fragile medical state, and methodological limitations. A new, noninvasive technology known as the actifier was developed and used to evoke perioral motor unit activity during non-nutritive suck in preterm infants. A significant ontologic trend for the early component of the perioral reflex (R1) was discovered in the context of spontaneous, centrally-patterned oromotor behavior.

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