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Figure 5

From: The relationship between nociceptive brain activity, spinal reflex withdrawal and behaviour in newborn infants

Figure 5

Bilateral leg withdrawal occurs with higher intensity noxious stimuli.

EMG RMS in response to the (A) 32 mN, (B) 64 mN and (C) 128 mN experimental noxious stimulus for the ipsilateral, i.e. stimulated, (blue) and contralateral (red) leg. (D) The average EMG RMS in the contralateral limb in response to stimuli (in the subset of trials when significant ipsilateral reflex withdrawal occurred) and in background activity. Only following the 128 mN stimuli was the response significantly different to background activity (*p < 0.05). Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.

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