Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus

   • Jun Kohyama

   Pages 1-13

3. Developmental Alteration of Hypocretins (Orexins) in the Brainstem in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

   • Yuri Ozawa, Sachio Takashima, Hiroko Nonaka, Naoki Uga

   Pages 15-25

4. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome from Epidemiology to Pathophysiology: Exploring the Connections

   • P. Franco, B. Kugener, S. Scaillet, J. Groswasser, I. Kato, E. Montemitro et al.

   Pages 27-49

5. Sleep Deprivation in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

   • P. Franco, J. Groswasser, S. Scaillet, B. Dan, T. Sawaguchi, I. Kato et al.

   Pages 51-64

6. Sleep Disturbance in Children Resulting from Noise Exposure

   • P. Franco, E. Montemitro, J. Groswasser, S. Scaillet, T. Sawaguchi, I. Kato et al.

   Pages 65-80

7. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome from the Perspective of Arousal Deficiency

   • Toshiko Sawaguchi, Patricia Franco, Hazim Kadhim, Tomohisa Mori, Shinobu Ito, Takashi Taki et al.

   Pages 81-105

8. Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Changes over the Occipital and Frontal Cortexes During Sucking in Infants: An Optical Topographic Study

   • Takehiro Hasegawa, Yukuo Konishi, Hifumi Tsubokura, Kyoko Hirasawa

   Pages 107-115

9. Mismatch Negativity in Healthy Neonates and Premature Babies

   • Kyoko Hirasawa

   Pages 117-128

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 exposure to tobacco smoke, no breast feeding, and prone sleeping position, have been identified. However an analysis linking neurophysiological and neuropathological aspects in a prospective study of SIDS suggests that one of the causes of SIDS is arousal deficiency. This unique book provides the latest, comprehensive information on SIDS research from epidemiology to physiology.​

• Arousal deficiency
• Sleep apnea
• Sudden infant death synrdome

• Inst of Advanced Biomedical Engineering Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

  Toshiko Sawaguchi

1999 - 2001 Brussels Free University Children Hospital Reine Fabiola 2001 - 2008 Dept. of Legal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University 2008 - 2010 Dept. of Early Childfood Development, Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University 2010- Teikyo Heisei University

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