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Sleep and Wakefulness

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All living beings show regular rhythmic changes in their general activity. In humans this rhythm is linked to the alternation between day and night, and during each 24 hour cycle an adult sleeps 7–8 hours. This regular alternation between sleep and wakefulness is established during the first year of life. In the newborn child, the alternation has a periodicity of approximately one hour; under the influence of forced habits and other factors, the child gradually begins to sleep more during the night than the day and slowly assumes the adult rhythm (Fig. 21.1). This rhythm would appear to be governed by external factors such as variations in afferent input, and internal factors such as the fatigue that builds up towards the evening. However, even when the influence of these factors is eliminated, a regular rhythm remains (see p. 297).

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Ottoson, D. (1983). Sleep and Wakefulness. In: Physiology of the Nervous System. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16995-5_21

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