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Olfaction in the fetal and premature infant: functional status and clinical implications.
Robert SoussignanBenoist SchaalThomas Hummelsubject
PregnancyFetusPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryInfant NewbornObstetrics and GynecologySensory systemOlfactionmedicine.diseaseDevelopmental psychologySmellDistressEmbryonic and Fetal DevelopmentPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthmedicineGestationHumansFunctional statusNeonatologybusinessInfant Prematuredescription
This article considers olfaction as a functioning source of information for the fetus and the neonate, born on term or prematurely. It aims to present how odors are involved in the sensory continuity between the prenatal and postnatal environments and how they influence the earliest adaptive responses of newborns in the realms of self-regulation, emotional balance, feeding, and social interactions.Finally, it evaluates odors as sensory means to ameliorate the physiologic and behavioral responses of preterm infants to the adverse impacts of separation from mother, nonoral feeding, or iatrogenic distress.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-06-01 | Clinics in perinatology |