Publication Date:
1981-06-19
Description:
Intense rapid eye movements (REM) during sleep were investigated as a possible indication of delay in the neurodevelopment of infants. The rate of occurrence of REM storms was determined by monitoring the sleep of 15 normal, first-born infants during weeks 2 through 5 and at 3, 6, 12 months. The amount of REM within each 10-second interval of active sleep was rated on a four-point scale based on frequency and intensity of eye movements. When the babies were 12 months old, the Bayley Scales of Mental Development were administered. A significant negative correlation was found between the frequency of REM storms of 14 subjects was also studied. The negative correlation was confirmed. The findings support the suggestion that by 6 months of age REM storms express dysfunction or delay in the development of central inhibitory feedback controls for sleep organization and phasic sleep-related activities.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Becker, P T -- Thoman, E B -- HD-12948/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jun 19;212(4501):1415-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7233232" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Age Factors
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*Child Development
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Humans
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*Infant
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*Infant, Newborn
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Neurons/physiology
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*Sleep, REM
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
