Objective Infant hypersensitivity affects daily challenges and parental stress. Although the
crucial role of tactile sensation in infants' brain function has been highlighted, hypersensitive …

Background and aim: First, to compare somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in preterm
newborns without major brain injury studied at term equivalent age (TEA) with a term …

Background Sensory experience is the basis for learning in infancy. In older children,
abnormal sensory reactivity is associated with behavioural and developmental disorders …

The conventional assessment of preterm somatosensory functions using averaged cortical
responses to electrical stimulation ignores the characteristic components of preterm …

This study was set out to develop and describe a novel, simple, and safe method for routine
bedside testing of somatosensory system in very early preterm infants. We recorded …

Preterm infants are at higher risk of poor neurodevelopmental and sensory modulation
outcomes. There is growing interest in determining if preterm infants display more sensory …

Background Neurodevelopmental sequelae in preterm born children are generally
considered to result from cerebral white matter damage and noxious effects of …

Background Preterm infants are exposed to a variety of sensory stimuli that they are not
developmentally prepared to handle, which puts them at risk for developing a sensory …

Background Altered sensory processing is commonly reported in children born very preterm
(≤ 32 weeks' gestational age [GA]). The immature nervous system, particularly the …

Newborn infants display strong nociceptive behavior in response to tissue damaging stimuli,
and this is accompanied by nociceptive activity generated in subcortical and cortical areas of …