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Sleep Deprivation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

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In this review, we discuss sleep recording techniques, normal sleep characteristics, and the effects of sleep deprivation. Sleep quality and quantity mature with development. Sleep-wake behaviors are described in fetuses, infants, preschool, and school-age children and adolescents. The short-term and medium-term effects of sleep deprivation are reviewed. While abundant literature exists on the physiology and characteristics of sleep in children, there is actually furthermore interest on the effects of sleep losses on the child’s physical, cognitive, mood, and mental health functions.

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  1. Pediatric Sleep Unit, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant and CRNL INSERM-U1028, CNRS UMR5292 University Lyon 1, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69500, Lyon, France

    P. Franco, M. J. Challamel & C. Inocente

  2. University Pediatric Hospital Queen Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Groswasser, S. Scaillet & B. Dan

  3. Pediatric Sleep Unit, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Sawaguchi

  4. Neonatal Research Division, Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    I. Kato

  5. Service de pédopsychiatrie, Hôpital Salvator, Marseille, France

    F. Bat-Pitault

  6. Integrative Physiology of the Arousal Systems, CRNL INSERM-U1028, CNRS UMR5292 University Lyon 1, Medical Faculty, Lyon 1, 8, avenue Rockefeller, 69373, Lyon Cedex 08, France

    J. S. Lin

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Franco, P. et al. (2014). Sleep Deprivation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. In: Sawaguchi, T. (eds) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54315-2_4

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