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The scoring of arousals in healthy term infants (between the ages of 1 and 6 months)
Author(s) -
Ronald L. Ariagno,
K. H. P. Bentele,
M.R. Bardini,
Robert Brouillette,
Oliviero Bruni,
MarieJosèphe Challamel,
Lilia CurziDascalova,
Y. Dalmaz,
Gianpaolo Donzelli,
Jean-Marie Dubru,
Igino Fagioli,
Richard Ferber,
Gianluca Ficca,
Patricia Franco,
Geneviève François,
C Gaultier,
Jacinthe Gingras,
José Groswasser,
C. Guilleminault,
Toke Hoppenbrouwers,
Rosemary Sylvia Claire Horne,
Kate Hunt,
Gerhard Jorch,
André Kahn,
Miriam Katz-Salomon,
Tom G. Keens,
Hugo Lagercrantz,
Michel Lecendreux,
Carole L. Marcus,
J. Milrad,
M. Mirmiran,
EA Mitchell,
Y Navelet,
Patricio Peirano,
Raffaele Piumelli,
P Plouin,
Christian F. Poets,
Françoise Ravet,
Marco A. Rivarola,
Maria Paola Ronchetti,
Piero Salzarulo,
Benjamin M. Taylor,
Bradley T. Thach,
Michael S. Urschitz,
M.F. Veccherini,
María Pirón,
Henning Wulbrand,
Heinz Zotter
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00426.x
Subject(s) - arousal , electroencephalography , psychology , term (time) , audiology , pediatrics , medicine , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Various definitions of arousals have been used in infants. An international group of experts has worked on a consensus for the scoring of arousals in healthy infants, aged between 1 and 6 months. This opinion paper summarizes the consensus statement on the scoring of arousal. The paper reviews recommended techniques for the recording of arousal in infants. Scoring includes the differentiation between subcortical activation, with no visible change n the electroencephalograph (EEG) recording, and cortical arousals associated with EEG changes. The arousals are further scored as spontaneous or induced, according to environmental conditions. Potential limitations to the method are discussed, with the hope that this document could contribute to promote further progresses in the scoring of infants arousals from sleep.