کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2070170 1078471 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Growth and development of children with a special focus on sleep
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیوفیزیک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Growth and development of children with a special focus on sleep
چکیده انگلیسی

The first two decades of life are characterised complex biological processes involving growth and maturation as well as differentiation. The Central Nervous System (CNS) where among others internal and external stimuli are integrated and responses of the body are prepared starts to evolve quite early during ontogenesis. One of the complex behaviours, which are regulated by the brain, is the sleep-wake cycle.The discussion of age-related changes in sleep comprises changes at the physiological level (e.g. changes in the frequency and amplitude of EEG signal, as well as development and distribution of sleep stages), changes in the corresponding behaviour (e.g. changes in the absolute amount of sleep and its distribution in 24 h perspective), and finally the subjective perception of sleep and sleep as a measure of well-being.Studies on the impact of a specific factor on sleep during childhood and adolescence have to consider chronological and biological age as well as sex as relevant biological parameters. Even when these factors are controlled for large interindividual differences persist, that is why prospective instead of cross-sectional approaches should be used whenever possible. Furthermore, it has to be distinguished between sleep assessed at the level of brain functioning (i.e. by polysomnography), which gives information on effects at the physiological level and at the level of self-assessment, which focuses on behaviour. Both, sleep at the subjective as well as at the objective level, can to a considerable degree be affected by life style factors, which hence have to be considered as potential confounders.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Volume 107, Issue 3, December 2011, Pages 333–338
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