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  • Adolescent Health

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  • Sleep onset is a critical transition involving psychophysiological changes.
  • Understanding arousal deactivation is key to identifying sleep initiation issues in adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the pre-sleep psychophysiological state and arousal deactivation during sleep onset in adolescents.
  • To identify potential sex differences in sleep initiation processes.

Main Methods:

  • Overnight laboratory recordings of 102 healthy adolescents (12-20 years old).
  • Measures included self-reported arousal, electroencephalography (EEG), and electrocardiography (ECG) during sleep onset.

Main Results:

  • Girls reported higher cognitive arousal and had longer sleep onset latency than boys.
  • Both sexes showed heart rate deceleration and cortical synchronization (increased Delta, decreased Alpha/Beta power) during sleep onset.
  • Older girls exhibited higher heart rate and altered EEG power spectra compared to younger adolescents and boys.

Conclusions:

  • The study reveals the cortical-cardiac de-arousal process during sleep onset in healthy adolescents.
  • Findings suggest a female-specific vulnerability in sleep initiation, potentially increasing insomnia risk.