Developmental changes in sleep and their relationships to psychiatric illnesses

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 572-579

  Tesler, Noemi ^a   Gerstenberg, Miriam ^b   Huber, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; psychiatric illnesses; sleep; slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHOBIA; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84885189433     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328365a335     Document Type: Review

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