A preliminary study of sleep spindles across non-rapid eye movement sleep stages in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Midori KawaharaKuriko Kagitani-ShimonoKumi Kato-NishimuraNoboru OhkiMasaya TachibanaTakafumi KatoMasako TaniikeIkuko Mohri

Published in: Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society (2022)

The lower spindle density in stage 2 and relatively higher density in stage 3 in children with ASD may represent an abnormal generation of spindles due to insufficient maturation of the thalamic reticular nucleus and thalamocortical network.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
physical activity
autism spectrum disorder
young adults
deep brain stimulation
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
depressive symptoms
loop mediated isothermal amplification
sensitive detection
quantum dots
network analysis