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SUBMITTER: Gingras JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1721928 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gingras J L JL Mitchell E A EA Grattan K E KE
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 20050427 5
Four behavioural states are recognised in the human fetus and are comparable to those of the neonate: 1F (quiet sleep), 2F (active state), 3F (quiet awake), and 4F (active awake). State 5, or crying, is not considered to have a fetal correlate. In a study assessing the effects of exposure to tobacco and cocaine during pregnancy on fetal response and habituation to vibroacoustic stimulation, what appears to be the fetal homologue of crying was observed. These behaviours were seen on ultrasound, a ...[more]