Sentences with phrase «activity of the fetus»

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This summer, Americans were shocked to learn that Planned Parenthood had been engaged in activities that, whether you call it «selling» or «donating and being reimbursed for the costs of transport,» whether you call the sources «unborn children» or «fetuses,» undeniably involved exchanging organs and money.

He is critical of those who automatically value a fetus over the productivity and activity of the pregnant woman, and condemns those, particularly men, who would dictate the limits of her choices.

A stressful or deprived womb environment may interfere with the development of the fetus and its serotonin system; other studies have shown that the brains of people who exhibit suicidal behaviors have reduced serotonin activity.

By destroying tryptophan, the enzyme then suppresses the activity of maternal T cells that would otherwise make their way through the placenta and destroy the fetus.

The medical interviews tested whether the women had cold - like symptoms, the blood test included measuring white blood cell count, viral antigens, and an IgG activity test (to determine whether subjects had recent CMV infection), and the ultrasound examinations looking for symptoms of congenital CMV infection in the fetus.

After showing they could successfully quantify brain activity in moving subjects, they then scanned eight fetuses between 32 and 37 weeks of pregnancy, as infants born prematurely at that age have been shown to have active default mode networks.

NIBIB - funded researchers at the University of Washington have pioneered an approach to image functional activity in the brains of individual fetuses, allowing a better look at how functional networks within the brain develop.

By creating a way to correct for motion, the team was able to make a four - dimensional reconstruction of brain activity in moving subjects, opening the door for studies on subjects that don't stay still for long, like fetuses and small children.

How the placenta passes nutrients from mother to fetus depends in part on the activity of insulin — a circulating hormone that tells fat and muscle cells to absorb glucose and other nutrients from the blood.

Scientists have found that if a pregnant woman is exposed, the deadly contaminant can alter the activity of several genes in her fetus, potentially increasing the child's risk of cancer later in life.

Community - Based Family Administered Neonatal Activities Ounce of Prevention Fund (2012) Offers a training to home visitors to use the Community - Based Family Administered Neonatal Activities (FANA) during home visits with expectant and new parents to help strengthen the bond with their fetus and newborn.