Electrodermal Activity as a Non-invasive Indicator Reflecting Changes in the Activity of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Newborns

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  • Authors: Sharafutdinova D.Y.1,2, Bobrova A.M.3, Ryumina I.I.1
  • Affiliations:
    1. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
    2. FSAOU HE “I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
    3. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
  • Issue: No 1 (2025)
  • Pages: 21-27
  • Section: PROVEN AND PROVED
  • URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2619-0001/article/view/372591
  • ID: 372591

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Abstract

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a key role in maintaining homeostasis and adapting the body to stress, especially in the early neonatal period. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS), as the stress-implementing department of the ANS, provides a rapid body response to external and internal stimuli, including painful stimuli. The review presents modern methods for assessing sympathetic activity in newborns. The necessity of developing and improving methods of objective assessment of the sympathetic nervous system in newborns is substantiated in order to prevent and reduce the negative consequences of violations of vital body functions of a newborn child. Special attention is paid to electrodermal activity (EDA). The mechanisms of EDA, its relation to the activities of the SNS, as well as the prospects for using EDA to assess pain, stress response, and monitor the effectiveness of pain relief in neonatal practice are considered.

About the authors

D. Ya. Sharafutdinova

Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; FSAOU HE “I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

Email: secretariat@oparina4.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9626-5481
MD, PhD, neonatologist Russia, Moscow, Akad str., 4; Moscow

A. M. Bobrova

Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: secretariat@oparina4.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7693-4470
Junior Researcher, Neonatologist Russia, Moscow

I. I. Ryumina

Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: secretariat@oparina4.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1831-887X
MD, Head of the Department Russia, Moscow, Akad str., 4

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