Arousal mechanisms and infant careExperimental studies of infant-parent co-sleeping: mutual physiological and behavioral influences and their relevance to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
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2014, Sleep Medicine ClinicsCitation Excerpt :Findings from experimental research indicate that even brief separations from a caregiver elicit exaggerated physiologic responses in children with SAD (based on a range of cardiac, respiratory, and electrodermal measures) and, on reunion with the caregiver, sympathetic arousal is slower to return to baseline levels in comparison with both controls and children with other anxiety disorders.57 In animal models, there is evidence for alterations in REM sleep among rat and monkey infants following separation from mothers,58 highlighting the possible role of architectural sleep changes as a contributor to longer-term difficulties with sleep and regulation of emotion. Inasmuch as physiologic hyperarousal and sleep initiation and maintenance are inherently incompatible processes,59 it is unsurprising that these children exhibit bedtime resistance, difficulties with falling asleep, and prolonged nighttime awakenings.