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Hari Eswaran1, James Wilson, Hubert Preissl
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham, Slot 518, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
We investigated the feasibility of recording visual evoked brain activity in the human fetus by use of non-invasive magnetoencephalography (MEG). Each recording lasted 6 min and consisted of a sequence of 180 flashes with 33 ms duration delivered 2 s apart over the maternal abdomen. Four of ten fetuses included showed a response; the ranges of amplitude and latency of peak response were 15-30 x 10(-15) Tesla and 180-390 ms, respectively. Six fetuses showed no discernible response. With improvement, this method could aid in the testing of fetal neurological status throughout pregnancy.
We investigated the feasibility of recording visual evoked brain activity in the human fetus by use of non-invasive magnetoencephalography (MEG). Each recording lasted 6 min and consisted of a sequence of 180 flashes with 33 ms duration delivered 2 s apart over the maternal abdomen. Four of ten fetuses included showed a response; the ranges of amplitude and latency of peak response were 15-30 x 10(-15) Tesla and 180-390 ms, respectively. Six fetuses showed no discernible response. With improvement, this method could aid in the testing of fetal neurological status throughout pregnancy.
