Childhood sleep disturbances and white matter microstructure in preadolescence.
Tessa A MulderDesana KocevskaRyan L MuetzelMaria Elisabeth Koopman-VerhoeffManon H J HillegersTonya WhiteHenning TiemeierPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2019)
Childhood sleep disturbances are associated with less WM microstructural integrity in preadolescence. Our results show that early neurodevelopment may be a period of particular vulnerability to sleep problems. This study cannot demonstrate causality but suggests that preventive interventions addressing sleep problems should be further explored to test whether they impact adverse neurodevelopment.