Neurology of Sleep

Samiya F Ahmad; Ashura W Buckley; Daniel G Glaze

doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.007

Neurology of Sleep

Neurol Clin. 2021 Aug;39(3):867-882. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.007. Epub 2021 Jun 10.

Authors

Samiya F Ahmad¹, Ashura W Buckley², Daniel G Glaze³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 315 North San Saba Street, Suite 1135, San Antonio, TX 78207, USA. Electronic address: Samiya.Ahmad@bcm.edu.
² Sleep and Neurodevelopmental Service, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Magnuson Clinical Center, Room 1C250, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, TXCL-1250, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, TXCL-1250, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

PMID: 34215391
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.007

Abstract

Healthy sleep, including proper amounts in the 24-hour day/night period, is crucial for developing children. Sleep development in infants and children is characterized by increased amounts of sleep, including rapid eye movement and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) slow-wave sleep. Expected changes as well as deviations may contribute to sleep problems, which are common in typically developing children and very common in those with neurodevelopmental disorders and often are chronic. Periodic screening of children for sleep problems is important for timely and effective management of these.

Keywords: Childhood; Insomnia; Pediatric; Sleep; Sleep development; Sleep problems.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Electroencephalography
Humans
Infant
Neurodevelopmental Disorders*
Sleep* / physiology