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Cardiac changes during sleep in sleep-deprived infants.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14655918     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of a brief period of sleep deprivation on cardiac autonomic controls during sleep in healthy infants. DESIGN: Twelve healthy infants with a median age of 8 weeks (range, 7 to 18 weeks) were recorded polygraphically during a morning and an afternoon nap in a sleep laboratory. They were sleep deprived for approximately 2 hours, either in the morning or in the afternoon, before being allowed to fall asleep. Six infants were sleep deprived before the morning nap, and 6 before the afternoon nap. During both naps, their sleep, breathing, and heart-rate characteristics were continuously recorded. Spectral analysis of heart rate was evaluated as a function of sleep stages. Two major peaks were recognizable: a low-frequency component related to sympathetic and parasympathetic activities and a high-frequency component reflecting parasympathetic tonus. The ratio of low-frequency to high-frequency powers was calculated as an index of sympathovagal interaction. RESULTS: When sleep deprived, the infants had an increase in basal heart rate during non-rapid eye movement sleep (P=.021). With sleep deprivation, the ratio of low-frequency to high-frequency powers increased in non-rapid eye movement sleep (P=.005). These findings were consistent with an increase in sympathetic tone. CONCLUSION: Infants exposed to short-term sleep deprivation manifest changes in cardiac autonomic controls during sleep. These findings could be relevant to mechanisms associated with the sudden infant death syndrome.
Authors:
Patricia Franco; Nicole Seret; Jean Noël Van Hees; Jean-Pol Lanquart; José Groswasser; André Kahn
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Sleep     Volume:  26     ISSN:  0161-8105     ISO Abbreviation:  Sleep     Publication Date:  2003 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-12-05     Completed Date:  2004-03-29     Revised Date:  2009-01-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7809084     Medline TA:  Sleep     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  845-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Pediatric Sleep Unit, Neuropediatrics, Erasmus Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Patricia.Franco@skynet.be
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Female
Heart Rate / physiology*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Oxygen / blood
Polysomnography
Prospective Studies
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / epidemiology
Sleep Deprivation / epidemiology,  physiopathology*
Sleep, REM / physiology*
Sudden Infant Death / epidemiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen

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