The physiology of sleep in infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 982-985

  Heraghty, J L ^a   Hilliard, T N ^a   Henderson, A J ^a   Fleming, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; WAKEFULNESS;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATION; SLEEP;

EID: 55349098504     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.113290     Document Type: Review

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