TY - JOUR AU - O'DONNELL, KAREN J. AB - ABSTRACT: Behavioral states are stable structures of behaviors that become more definable and coordinated with increasing age. With ultrasound we can see the fetus move, breathe, and react to changes in its environment. Ultrasound used in conjunction with Doppler fetal heart rate recording provides behavioral and neurophysiologic data useful in state determination. The Fetal neurobehavioral Profile (FNP) was developed by our group as an assessment of fetal behaviors reflecting CNS integrity in the drug‐exposed fetus. The FNP was designed to parallel methods of examining the newborn infant, especially in state‐related behaviors. The FNP measures: fetal responsiveness and arousal after environmental perturbation with vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS);habituation to VAS; state recovery; and self‐regulation post‐VAS. From the behavioral and physiologic recordings, the constructs of state differentiation, organization, and regulation as well as fetal arousal and regulation competency can be measured. TI - State Control in the Substance‐Exposed: Fetus I. The Fetal Neurobehavioral Profile: An Assessment of Fetal State, Arousal, and Regulation Competency JF - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences DO - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09743.x DA - 1998-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/state-control-in-the-substance-exposed-fetus-i-the-fetal-tU4EfMRKZ4 SP - 262 EP - 276 VL - 846 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -