Periodicity of Sleep States is Altered in Infants at Risk for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

The normal succession of sleep and waking states through a night is disturbed in infants at risk for the sudden infant death syndrome. Compared with normal infants, siblings of the sudden infant death syndrome victims have longer intervals between active sleep epochs at particular times during the n...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1981-08, Vol.213 (4511), p.1030-1032
Main Authors: Harper, R. M., Leake, B., Hoffman, H., Walter, D. O., Hoppenbrouwers, T., Hodgman, J., Sterman, M. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Embryos
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Nerves
Neurology
Periodicity
Respiration
Risk
Sleep
Sleep - physiology
Spinal cord
Sudden Infant Death - physiopathology
Sudden infant death syndrome
Swimming
Vertebrates
Wakefulness
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Summary:The normal succession of sleep and waking states through a night is disturbed in infants at risk for the sudden infant death syndrome. Compared with normal infants, siblings of the sudden infant death syndrome victims have longer intervals between active sleep epochs at particular times during the night in the newborn period and a decreased tendency to enter short waking periods at 2 and 3 months of age. The latter finding is interpreted as an increased tendency to remain asleep, or a relative failure to arouse from sleep in infants at risk.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.7268406