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Psychosomatic Medicine 33:491-498 (1971)
© 1971 American Psychosomatic Society

Stress and Neonatal Sleep

ROBERT N. EMDE MD1, ROBERT J. HARMON MD1, DAVID METCALF MD1, KENNETH L. KOENIG MD1, and SAMUEL WAGONFELD MD1

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colo.

Robert N. Emde, MD, Department of Psychiatry. University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 East Ninth Ave, Denver, Colo 80220

Routine circumcision, done without anesthesia in the newborn nursery, was usually followed by prolonged nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Since this form of sleep has been described as a low point on an arousal continuum, we consider its increase to be consistent with a theory of conservation-withdrawal in response to stressful stimulation.

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