BECOMING CIRCADIAN - A ONE-YEAR STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE IN CHILDREN

Authors
MENNABARRETO L ISOLA A LOUZADA F BENEDITOSILVA AA MELLO L
Citation
L. Mennabarreto et al., BECOMING CIRCADIAN - A ONE-YEAR STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE IN CHILDREN, Brazilian journal of medical and biological research, 29(1), 1996, pp. 125-129
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0100879X
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
125 - 129
Database
ISI
SICI code
0100-879X(1996)29:1<125:BC-AOS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Data on three children's sleep-wake behavior during the first year of life submitted to spectral analysis reveal the presence of several fre quencies in the circadian and ultradian ranges. The changes in the res ulting spectra as age progresses show both an increase in overall rhyt hmicity, i.e., more data are explained by regular oscillations, and ir regular changes in the circadian component. This circadian component s hows an increase in power which appears at different ages among the in dividuals studied.