TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent topics in fetal behavioral assessment
AU - Nakahara, Kazushige
AU - Morokuma, Seiichi
AU - Kato, Kiyoko
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1,3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan 2Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan Corresponding Author: Seiichi Morokuma, Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, Phone: +81-92-642-6708, e-mail: morokuma.seiichi.845@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp How to cite this article: Nakahara K, Morokuma S, Kato K. Recent Topics in Fetal Behavioral Assessment. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021;15(3):240–244. Source of support: Our researches, on which this review paper was based, were supported by a research grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (grant no.: 16H01880, 16K13072, 18H00994, 18H03388), AMED under Grant Number 20gk0110043h0002, and RIKEN Healthcare and Medical Data Platform Project Conflict of interest: None
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Many fetal behaviors are thought to indicate neurological development and may be useful for predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes after birth. In the present article, we review recent fetal behavioral studies focused on early spontaneous movements, eye movements (EMs), regular mouthing movements (RMMs), expression, and our own evaluation method of fetal brain dysfunction. Early spontaneous movement is one of the earliest expressions of neural activity. Changes in fetal EMs are thought to reflect the development of fetal sleep, while RMMs may reflect the development of non-rapid EM sleep. Fetal facial expressions, which may reflect higher brain function, can now be observed in more detail using four-dimensional ultrasound. Furthermore, we propose that assessing fetal brain function by combining multiple behavioral indicators may predict long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after birth.
AB - Many fetal behaviors are thought to indicate neurological development and may be useful for predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes after birth. In the present article, we review recent fetal behavioral studies focused on early spontaneous movements, eye movements (EMs), regular mouthing movements (RMMs), expression, and our own evaluation method of fetal brain dysfunction. Early spontaneous movement is one of the earliest expressions of neural activity. Changes in fetal EMs are thought to reflect the development of fetal sleep, while RMMs may reflect the development of non-rapid EM sleep. Fetal facial expressions, which may reflect higher brain function, can now be observed in more detail using four-dimensional ultrasound. Furthermore, we propose that assessing fetal brain function by combining multiple behavioral indicators may predict long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after birth.
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U2 - 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1703
DO - 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1703
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85116727603
VL - 15
SP - 240
EP - 244
JO - Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology
SN - 0973-614X
IS - 3
ER -