ArticleInfant and child development2010
Fetal Magnetoencephalography - Achievements and Challenges in the Study of Prenatal and Early Postnatal Brain Responses: A Review.
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- Magnetoencephalography and the infant brain.NeuroImage · 2019Pooled it
- Enhancing Fetal Brain Imaging: ALPS-FMEG Technique Achieves Accurate Signal Extraction by Mitigating Movement Artifacts.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Modality-level obstacles and initiatives to improve representation in fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging research samples.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
- At First Sight: Fetal Eye Movements Reveal a Preference for Face-Like Configurations From 26 Weeks of Gestation.Developmental science · 2025Article
- Characterizing Large-Scale Human Circuit Development with In Vivo Neuroimaging.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Electroencephalogram in low-risk term newborns predicts neurodevelopmental metrics at age two years.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Tracking evoked responses to auditory and visual stimuli in fetuses exposed to maternal high-risk conditions.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Article
- Exploring early human brain development with structural and physiological neuroimaging.NeuroImage · 2019Review
- Toward noninvasive monitoring of ongoing electrical activity of human uterus and fetal heart and brain.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Article
- Selection of Reference Channels Based on Mutual Information for Frequency-Dependent Subtraction Method Applied to Fetal Biomagnetic Signals.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2017Article
- Habituation of visual evoked responses in neonates and fetuses: a MEG study.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2012Article
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Abstract
Fetal magnetoencephalography (fMEG) is the only non-invasive method for investigating evoked brain responses and spontaneous brain activity generated by the fetus in utero. Fetal auditory as well as visual evoked fields have been successfully recorded in basic stimulus-response studies. Moreover, paradigms investigating precursors for cognitive development, such as habituation and mismatch response have been applied successfully with fMEG. These and other studies have shown that the prenatal stage of life could be an important indicator for later cognitive development. This review addresses the achievements of fMEG and constructively discusses its challenges. It concludes with proposals for future studies as well as with designated new applications. Fetal MEG is a promising, and to date it is the only non-invasive approach for the prenatal assessment of precursors for cognitive development. Future fMEG studies might even enable the diagnosis of developmental delays. Furthermore, fMEG could be critical for the implementation and evaluation of fetal intervention programs in at-risk populations.
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