Abstract #4075

Fetal Brain Response to an Auditory Stimulus

Estee Goldberg¹, Charles A McKenzie^2,3, Barbra de Vrijer^3,4, Roy Eagleson^1,5, and Sandrine de Ribaupierre^1,2,3,5,6

¹Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Division of Maternal, Fetal and Newborn Health, Children’s Research Institute, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Brain and Mind Institute, Professor of Engineering, Western University, Lodon, ON, Canada, ⁶Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used in conjunction with an auditory task to assess fetal activation in the primary auditory cortex. Activation was found in the fetal right Heschl’s gyrus in response to an auditory task. This is a first report of fetal brain response to an “internal” auditory stimulus.

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