{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Monterastelli AJ"],"funding":["NHLBI NIH HHS"],"pagination":["1304647"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11801367"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2"],"pubmed_abstract":["Introduction
The propensity for sleep shifts later as puberty progresses. The present analysis examines whether the circadian-dependent wake maintenance zone, or forbidden zone for sleep observed in the evening just before habitual bedtime is more pronounced in late to post-pubertal adolescents compared to adults and may partly explain late sleep onset in maturing adolescents.Methods
Forty four healthy late/post-pubertal adolescents (aged 14.3-17.8 years, 23 female) and 44 healthy adults (aged 30.8-45.8 years, 21 female) participated in an ultradian light/dark protocol for 3 days cycling between 2-h wake periods (~20 lux) and 2-h nap periods (~0 lux) without external time cues. The dim light melatonin onset (DLMO), a measure of circadian phase, was measured immediately befo"],"journal":["Frontiers in sleep"],"pubmed_title":["The forbidden zone for sleep is more robust in adolescents compared to adults."],"pmcid":["PMC11801367"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 HL105395"],"pubmed_authors":["Monterastelli AJ","Crowley SJ","Eastman CI","Adams J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The forbidden zone for sleep is more robust in adolescents compared to adults.","description":"Introduction
The propensity for sleep shifts later as puberty progresses. The present analysis examines whether the circadian-dependent wake maintenance zone, or forbidden zone for sleep observed in the evening just before habitual bedtime is more pronounced in late to post-pubertal adolescents compared to adults and may partly explain late sleep onset in maturing adolescents.Methods
Forty four healthy late/post-pubertal adolescents (aged 14.3-17.8 years, 23 female) and 44 healthy adults (aged 30.8-45.8 years, 21 female) participated in an ultradian light/dark protocol for 3 days cycling between 2-h wake periods (~20 lux) and 2-h nap periods (~0 lux) without external time cues. The dim light melatonin onset (DLMO), a measure of circadian phase, was measured immediately befo","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024","modification":"2026-06-02T03:16:38.317Z","creation":"2025-04-04T02:23:03.275Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11801367","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39917052"],"doi":["10.3389/frsle.2023.1304647"]}}