Potential chronobiotic role of human milk in sleep regulation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Arslanoglu, Sertac ^a   Bertino, Enrico ^b   Nicocia, Margherita ^b   Moro, Guido E ^a  

^a WAPM Working Group on Nutrition   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronobiotic; Chrononutrition; Circadian; Human milk; Infant sleep; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; CHRONOBIOTIC; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; MELATONIN; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

BREAST MILK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; SLEEP;

EID: 84856810953     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.134     Document Type: Review

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