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Regulation of sleep and body temperature in response to exposure to cool and warm environments in neonates.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Thermoregulation is impaired during desynchronized sleep in animals and in adults. This can lead to a conflict between homeothermy and sleep in nonthermoneutral conditions. This study aimed to analyze thermoregulation during sleep, especially during desynchronized sleep (active sleep, AS) and to determine whether the conflict between thermoregulation and sleep might exist in the newborn sleeping in warm or cool conditions. METHODS:Esophageal and skin (cheek and abdomen) temperatures, local sweating rate (ventilated sweat collection capsule stuck on the abdomen), metabolism (indirect respiratory calorimetry), and sleep variables were recorded in 10 newborns exposed, in an incubator, to thermoneutral, warm, and cool environments. Body movements and apneas were also considered. Exposures were performed after a first habituation condition. RESULTS:Sleep structure was not modified by the first exposure nor by the warm environment. Exposure to cool temperatures increased AS duration (+13% of total sleep time) and the quantity of body movements during AS (+11.3% of AS duration), whereas these parameters were not modified during quiet sleep. The thermoregulatory response to warm and cool environments was not impaired during AS. During exposure to mild thermal load, analyses revealed large interindividual differences in the strategy for thermoregulation during AS. Depending on the newborn, the thermoregulatory response to cool temperatures could be described by an increase either in nonshivering thermogenesis or in frequency of body movement. In warm conditions, most newborns exhibited an increased sweating rate. The interindividual differences (lack of increase sweating in three newborns) seemed to be linked to changes in the sensitivity of the sweating response. CONCLUSION:Because thermoregulation is not impaired during AS, this sleep stage seems to be a well-protected one from a thermoregulatory point of view. This difference from adults and animals may be due to the important role of AS in newborn's nervous maturation.

journal_name

Pediatrics

journal_title

Pediatrics

authors

Bach V,Bouferrache B,Kremp O,Maingourd Y,Libert JP

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-05-01 00:00:00

pages

789-96

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eissn

0031-4005

issn

1098-4275

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Regulation of sleep and body temperature in response to exposure to cool and warm environments in neonates.