1. Neurophysiological basis and behavior of early sleep development / Lilia Curzi-Dascalova, Fiorenza Giganti, and Piero Salzarulo -- 2. Ontogeny of EEG sleep / Mark S. Scher -- 3. Maturation of sleep patterns during infancy and childhood / Avi Sadeh -- 4. Maturation of processes regulating sleep in adolescents / Mary A. Carskadon -- 5. Characteristics of arousal mechanisms from sleep in infants and children / Patricia Franco, Ineko Kato, Enza Montemitro, Jose Groswasser, Sonia Scaillet, Susan Higgins, Aude Raoux, and Jian-Sheng Lin -- 6. Thermoregulation during sleep in infants : a functional interaction with respiration / Jean-Pierre Libert, Karen Chardon, and Veronique Bach -- 7. Behavioral influences on sleep in children and adolescents / Kristin T. Avis and Jodi A. Mindell -- 8. Cultural influences on infant and childhood sleep biology, and the science that studies it : toward a more inclusive paradigm II / James J. McKenna and Lee T. Gettler -- 9. Pediatric parasomnias / Thornton B.A. Mason II and Allan I. Pack -- 10. Narcolepsy in childhood / Suresh Kotagal -- 11. Sleep in children with neurologic disease / Marco Zucconi and Oliviero Bruni -- 12. Sleep and psychiatric disorders in children : a complex reciprocal relationship / Daniel S. Lewin and Candice A. Alfano -- 13. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep in children / Arthur S. Walters -- 14. Gastroesophageal reflux during sleep / Gerald M. Loughlin -- 15. Assessing neurobehavioral outcomes in childhood sleep-disordered breathing : a primer for nonneuropsychologists / Dean W. Beebe -- 16. Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging as a research tool in pediatric sleep research / Ronald M. Harper, Paul M. Macey, and Rajesh Kumar.