Monitoring the progressive increase of the longest episode of spontaneous movements in Guinea pig fetus

Autor: Sekulić S., Keković G., Filipović Danka, Drapšin M., Podgorac Jelena, Martać Ljiljana, Novakov-Mikić Aleksandra
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Archives of Biological Sciences, Vol 65, Iss 4, Pp 1459-1462 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0354-4664
1821-4339
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1304459S
Popis: The aim of this work was to determine the changes in the duration of spontaneous movements in the guinea pig fetus after the appearance of its first movements. Every day from the 25th to the 35th gestation day, one fetus from each of twenty pregnant animals was examined by ultrasound. Fetal movements were observed for 5 min. The episode with the longest period of movement was taken into consideration and was recorded as: 3 s. Days 25 and 26 were characterized by episodes lasting 3 s (χ2 = 140.51 p
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