title: Delta and spindle components in compressed spectral array during nocturnal sleep in infants with congenital cerebral malformation.
abstract: The correlation between the delta and spindle components in compressed spectral array in 18 infants with congenital cerebral malformation (from 4 months to 4 years of age) was studied throughout nocturnal sleep. In 7 (39%, Group A) out of 18 subjects, periodic changes of delta and spindle rhythm powers were noted in the sleep EEG. In 5 subjects (28%, Group B), delta but not spindle rhythm powers were found, and in the remaining 6 subjects (33%, Group C) neither delta nor spindle rhythm powers were found throughout nocturnal sleep. A significant decrease in the developmental quotient was found in group C as compared with group A.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003700:Delta Rhythm; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*