Should neonates sleep alone?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 817-825

  Morgan, Barak E ^a   Horn, Alan R ^a   Bergman, Nils J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; hidden regulators; maternal neonate separation; skin to skin contact; sleep; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NEONATE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053957857     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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