title: Mechanically evoked perioral reflexes in premature and term human infants.
abstract: Neurophysiological assessment of the preterm human neonatal oromotor system has been limited due to their fragile medical state, and methodological limitations. A new, noninvasive technology known as the actifier was developed and used to evoke perioral motor unit activity during non-nutritive suck in preterm infants. A significant ontologic trend for the early component of the perioral reflex (R1) was discovered in the context of spontaneous, centrally-patterned oromotor behavior.
authors: Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders, Communication Neuroscience Laboratories, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. smbarlow@ku.edu
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Barlow
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dusick
authors: D S
authors: DS
authors: Finan
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Coltart
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Biswas
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015370:Infant Equipment; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D019563:Mechanics; D012026:Reflex, Stretch / Q000502:physiology; D013391:Sucking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000502:physiology