Sleep electroencephalogram in children with a parental history of alcohol abuse/dependence.

ABSTRACT: We examined the sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) in 9- and 10-year-old children with (PH+) and without (PH-) a parental history of alcohol abuse/dependence to determine whether sleep disturbances associated with alcohol precede the onset of alcohol use. Participants slept on a fixed sleep schedule that ensured at least a 10-h time in bed for 1 week before an adaptation and baseline night. Data were collected in a four-bed sleep research laboratory. Thirty healthy boys and girls aged 9 or 10 years were classified as either PH+ or PH- based on DSM-IV criteria applied to structured parental interviews. All-night polysomnography was performed, sleep data were scored visually in 30-s epochs, and EEG power spectra were calculated for each epoch. All-night EEG spectra were calculated for rapid ey

SUBMITTER: Tarokh L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2873133 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature