Mapping Early Brain–Body Interactions: Associations of Fetal Heart Rate Variation with Newborn Brainstem, Hypothalamic, and Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Functional Connectivity
Pollatou A, Holland C, Stockton T, Peterson B, Scheinost D, Monk C, Spann M. Mapping Early Brain–Body Interactions: Associations of Fetal Heart Rate Variation with Newborn Brainstem, Hypothalamic, and Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Functional Connectivity. Journal Of Neuroscience 2024, 44: e2363232024. PMID: 38604780, PMCID: PMC11140686, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2363-23.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFetal heart rate indicesDorsal anterior cingulate cortexAutonomic nervous systemDorsal anterior cingulate cortex functional connectivityFetal HRHeart rate variabilityBrain regionsFetal heart rate variationWeeks of postmenstrual ageAutonomic nervous system developmentFetal autonomic nervous systemFetal heart rate variabilityAutonomic regulationHeart rate indicesFetal heart rateNervous systemFunctional connectivityHeart rateAnterior cingulate cortex functional connectivityAnterior cingulate cortexChildren's language abilitiesFetal actocardiographInfant brainstemPostmenstrual ageWeeks gestation