Abnormal Endocrine and Behavioural Sleep Markers in a Child with Williams Syndrome and Siblings
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Sleep is a complex behaviour, influenced by a multifaceted interplay between genetic and environmental factors. In particular, induction and maintenance of healthy sleep requires a finely tuned interplay of endocrine, neural and genetic mechanisms with environmental inputs. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that individual sleep EEG patterns are heritable traits [1]. However, environmental factors such as room-sharing, watching TV before bedtime or diet may also play an important role in causal pathways of sleep problems.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013