Sylvie Viaux-Savelon, Ouriel Rosenblum, Antoine Guedeney, Gwenaelle Diene, Sophie Çabal-Berthoumieu, Pascale Fichaux-Bourin, Catherine Molinas, Sandy Faye, Marion Valette, Céline Bascoul, David Cohen, Maïthé Tauber
BACKGROUND: Infant-mother interaction is a set of bidirectional processes, where the baby is not only affected by the influences of his caregiver, but is also at the origin of considerable modifications. The recent discovery of biological correlates of synchrony during interaction validated its crucial value during child development. Here, we focus on the paradigmatic case of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) where early endocrinal dysfunction is associated with severe hypotonia and early feeding disorder...
November 2016: Journal of Physiology, Paris