Sleep and the maturing nervous system /
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | 1972. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780121762506 |
Item Description: | Based on a symposium entitled The maturation of brain mechanisms related to sleep behavior, held at Boiling Springs, Pa., June 21-24, 1970, and sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 470 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9780121762506 0121762505 9780323148351 0323148352 |
Index Number: | QP425 |
CLC: | R338.63 |
Contents: |
The Maturation of Neural Elements -- Principles of Synaptogenesis and Their Application to Ontogenetic Studies of Mammalian Cerebral Cortex / The Development of Synapses in the Rat Cerebellar Cortex / Maturing Neuronal Subsystems : The Dendrites of Spinal Motoneurons / Neurochemical Factors in the Maturation of Sleep Behavior -- Coordination between Excitation and Inhibition : Development of the GABA System / Contributions of Differential Housing to Brain Development : Some Implications for Sleep Behavior / The Role of Biogenic Amines in Sleep / Developmental Changes in Neurochemistry during the Maturation of Sleep Behavior / Maturation of Neurobiochemical Systems Related to the Ontogeny of Sleep Behavior / Development of EEG and Activity Patterns in Relation to Sleep -- Development of Wakefulness-Sleep Cycles and Associated EEG Patterns in Mammals / The Basic Rest-Activity Cycle and Sleep : Developmental Considerations in Man and Cats / Development of States in Infants / Development of Reflex Patterns in Sleep -- The Somatosensory Cerebral Evoked Potentials of the Sleeping Human Newborn / Patterns of Reflex Excitability during the Ontogenesis of Sleep and Wakefulness / Patterns of Reflex Behavior Related to Sleep in the Human Infant / Developmental Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Sleep Behavior -- Sleep Deprivation and the Organization of the Behavioral States / Development of Sleep Patterns in Autistic Children / Sleep in Mental Retardation / Maternal Toxemia, Fetal Malnutrition, and Bioelectric Brain Activity of the Newborn / Summary and Concluding Remarks / |