Sudden Infant Death Syndrome From Pathophysiological Prospects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sawaguchi, Toshiko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Forensic Medicine.

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is characterised by the sudden death of an infant that is not predicted by prior medical history and it is still responsible for a large percentage of infant mortalities. The exact causes have long remained unknown, though some risk factors such as including expos...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Sudden infant death syndrome and the pedunculpontine tegmental nucleus
• 2. Developmental alteration of hypocretins (orexins) in the brainstem in the sudden infant death syndrome
• 3. Sudden infant death syndrome from epidemiology to pathophysiology: Exploring the connections
• 4. Sleep deprivation in infants, children and adolescents
• 5. Sleep disturbance in children resulting from noises exposure
• 6. Sudden infant death syndrome from the perspective of arousal deficiency
• 7. Cerebral blood oxygenation changes over the occipital and frontal cortexes during sucking in infants: an optical topographic study
• 8. Mismatch negativity in healthy neonates and premature babies.