Neurotransmitters are released from neurons and mediate neuronal communication.
Neuromodulators can also be released from other cells and influence the neuronal …

Background: Neurotransmitters such as monoamines appear in the embryo before the
neurones are differentiated. They may have other functions than neurotransmission during …

A simple definition of consciousness is sensory awareness of the body, the self, and the
world. The fetus may be aware of the body, for example by perceiving pain. It reacts to touch …

In the absence of any overt task performance, it has been shown that spontaneous, intrinsic
brain activity is expressed as systemwide, resting-state networks in the adult brain. However …

Placental abruption alone or with maternal thrombophilia has been associated with an
increased rate of maternal vascular lesions diagnosed far from delivery. Although the …

The aim of the present study was to compare temperatures, metabolic adaptation and crying
behavior in 50 healthy, full‐term, newborn infants who were randomized to be kept either …

To study the patterns of supraspinal pain processing in neonates, we hypothesized that
acute pain causes haemodynamic changes associated with activation of the primary …

At first thought, being born would fl. seem to be a terrible and dangerous ordeal. The human
fetus is squeezed through the birth canal for several hours, during which the head sustains …

The functional network topology of the adult human brain has recently begun to be
noninvasively mapped using resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance …

Background Preterm neonates are exposed to multiple painful procedures after birth and
exhibit acute physiological responses to pain. Occurrence of early intraventricular …