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Fetal Behavioral States

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Main points: historical survey, sleep in children and premature infants, fetal micro-awakenings are not wakefulness, fetal ocular motions building blocks of the visual system, development of behavioral states, and differences and similarities with neonatal states

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    Alessandra Piontelli, Florinda Ceriani, Isabella Fabietti, Roberto Fogliani, Elisa Restelli & Alessandra Kustermann

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Piontelli, A., Ceriani, F., Fabietti, I., Fogliani, R., Restelli, E., Kustermann, A. (2015). Fetal Behavioral States. In: Development of Normal Fetal Movements. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5373-1_9

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