Emerging and entraining patterns of the sleep-wake rhythm in preterm and term infants

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 468-473

  Shimada, Mieko ^a   Takahashi, Kiyohisa ^b   Segawa, Masaya ^c   Higurashi, Makoto ^a   Samejim, Michikazu ^d   Horiuchi, Kentaro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Segawa Neurological Clinic for Children   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Development; Entrainment; Infants; Sleep wake rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; NIGHT SLEEP; PREMATURITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032869408     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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