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Sleep stage transition and changes in autonomic function in newborn infants
Author(s) -
Goto Kazuya,
Sato Keisuke,
Izumi Tatsuro
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00688.x
Subject(s) - autonomic nervous system , electroencephalography , sleep (system call) , psychology , heart rate variability , sleep stages , heart rate , audiology , neuroscience , medicine , polysomnography , blood pressure , computer science , operating system
The relationships between sleep stage, startle response, electroencephalogram (EEG) pattern, and autonomic function in sleeping full‐term infants was examined. Using autoregressive analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), 12 infants at a mean post‐conception age of 41.1 weeks were studied. Based on HRV characteristics, the present study shows sympathetic nervous system activation during active sleep (AS) and distinct changes in autonomic function based on the startle response and EEG features during quiet sleep (QS). The findings might reflect structural and functional maturation of the central nervous system of newborn infants.