Developmental changes in the human sleep EEG during early adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To use time-frequency analysis to characterize developmental changes in the human sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) across early adolescence.

Design

Sleep EEG was recorded when children were 9/10 years old and 1 to 3 years later after sleeping at home on a fixed schedule for at least one week.

Setting

A 4-bed sleep laboratory.

Participants

Fourteen (5 girls) healthy children ages 9/10 (mean = 10.13, SD = +/- 0.51) years at initial and 11 to 13 (mean = 12.28, SD = +/- 0.62) years at follow-up.

Interventions

N/A.

Measurements and results

All-night polysomnography was performed at each assessment and sleep stages were scored with Rechtschaffen and Kales criteria. Slow wave sleep minutes decreased from the initial to the follow-up sess

SUBMITTER: Tarokh L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2881533 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature