Infants and children spend one- to two-thirds of their life asleep. Despite this, very little attention has been paid to understanding both normal sleep and sleep-related abnormalities during child development. There are profound changes in sleep and circadian rhythm during growth and maturation. Sleep is particularly important in children, due to

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Introduction
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
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1. Neurophysiological Basis and Behavior of Early Sleep Development
2. Ontogeny of EEG Sleep
3. Maturation of Sleep Patterns During Infancy
4. Maturation of Processes Regulating Sleep in Adolescents
5. Characteristics of Arousal Mechanisms from Sleep in Infants and Children
6. Thermoregulation During Sleep in Infants: A Functional Interaction with Respiration
7. Behavioral Influences of Sleep in Children and Adolescents
8. Cultural Influences on Infant and Childhood Sleep Biology, and the Science That Studies It: Toward a More Inclusive Paradigm II
9. Pediatric Parasomnias
10. Narcolepsy in Childhood
11. Sleep in Children with Neurologic Disease
12. Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children: A Complex Reciprocal Relationship
13. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep in Children
14. Gastroesophageal Reflux During Sleep
15. Assessing Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Childhood Sleep-Disordered Breathing: A Primer for Nonneuropsychologists
16. Structural and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Research Tool in Pediatric Sleep Research
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