Development of fetal and neonatal sleep and circadian rhythms

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-334

  Mirmiran, Majid ^a,b,c   Maas, Yolanda G H ^b   Ariagno, Ronald L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Circadian rhythm; Fetus; Neonate; Preterm infant; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONIDINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; RAT; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0041666296     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2002.0243     Document Type: Review

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