Fetal nutrition and peripheral nerve conduction velocity.
Fetal nutrition as assessed by skin-fold thickness was correlated with nerve conduction in 27 babies of 39 to 41 weeks' gestation. There was correlation between skin-fold thickness and conduction velocity, suggesting that fetal nutrition may alter peripheral nerve function by influencing myelination.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000502:physiology; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012885:Skinfold Thickness