Associations between brain structure and sleep patterns across adolescent development.
Maria JalbrzikowskiRebecca A HayesKathleen E ScullyPeter L FranzenBrant P HaslerGreg J SiegleDaniel J BuysseRonald E DahlErika E ForbesCecile D LadouceurDana L McMakinNeal D RyanJennifer S SilkTina R GoldsteinAdriane M SoehnerPublished in: Sleep (2021)
In childhood and adolescence, developmentally invariant and developmentally specific associations exist between sleep patterns and gray matter structure, across brain regions linked to sensory, cognitive, and emotional processes. Sleep intervention during specific developmental periods could potentially promote healthier neurodevelopmental outcomes.