The Ontogenetic Development of Sleep from the Fetal Period through Adolescence: Functions and Electroencephalogram Characteristics
Open Access
- 11 March 2025
- book chapter
- Published by IntechOpen
Abstract
The chapter considers issues of sleep ontogenesis from the prenatal period to adolescence and the neurobiological basis of changes in the structure of sleep as the brain matures, including the neurophysiological features of sleep in newborns, sleep state organization in premature infants, and the importance of fetal/neonatal rapid eye movement sleep for brain development and plasticity. It describes: (а) the dynamics of changes in sleep structure, (b) EEG specificity at different age periods, (c) sleep-related behavioral features in children, (d) biomarkers of normal and abnormal brain function, and (e) the pathophysiology of various childhood sleep disorders.Keywords
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