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Comparison of the Effects of Two Auditory Methods by Mother
and Fetus on the Results of Non-Stress Test (Baseline Fetal Heart
Rate and Number of Accelerations) in Pregnant Women: A
Randomized Controlled Trial
Objective: To compare the effects of two auditory methods by mother and fetus
on the results of NST in 2011-2012.
Materials and methods: In this single-blind clinical trial, 213 pregnant women
with gestational age of 37-41 weeks who had no pregnancy complications were
randomly divided into 3 groups (auditory intervention for mother, auditory
intervention for fetus, and control) each containing 71 subjects. In the
intervention groups, music was played through the second 10 minutes of NST.
The three groups were compared regarding baseline fetal heart rate and
number of accelerations in the first and second 10 minutes of NST. The data
were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, and paired T-test.
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Results: The results showed no significant difference among the three groups
regarding baseline fetal heart rate in the first (p = 0.945) and second (p = 0.763)
10 minutes. However, a significant difference was found among the three
groups concerning the number of accelerations in the second 10 minutes. Also,
a significant difference was observed in the number of accelerations in the
auditory intervention for mother (p = 0.013) and auditory intervention for fetus
groups (p < 0.001). The difference between the number of accelerations in the
first and second 10 minutes was also statistically significant (p = 0.002).
Conclusion: Music intervention was effective in the number of accelerations
which is the indicator of fetal health. Yet, further studies are required to be
conducted on the issue.
Neuroplasticity Changes of Rat Brain by Musical Stimuli
during Fetal Period
(Siamak Sheikhi, Ph.D., Ehsan Saboory, Ph.D.)
Objective: Fetal development of the central nervous system is an important and sensitive stage
which is affected by many external and internal stimuli. This study aimed to investigate effect of
musical stimuli on fetal rat brain.
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, twelve female Wistar rats were selected and
evenly assigned to control and musical groups. The females were mated with a male rat of the same
genotype. Musical group was exposed to classic music with 60 dB power for 90 minutes twice per
day from 2nd to 20th day of gestation. The control rats were handled similar to the musical group,
but were not exposed to music. Before parturition, all the dams were anesthetized, and their blood
samples were obtained and used for corticosterone (COS) measurement. They were transcardially
perfused by electron microscope (EM) fixative agent. The fetal brains were extracted intact and used
for slice preparation. Horizontal slices were made for electron microscope preparation, and images
were taken and analyzed in terms of cell density and morphological changes.
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