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  • Brain maturation and sleep undergo significant changes during adolescence.
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  • Understanding the relationship between sleep and brain structure development is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the relationship between sleep and gray matter is consistent across age or specific to certain developmental windows.
  • To examine these relationships from late childhood through young adulthood.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Neuroimaging and Pediatric Sleep Databank, including 225 participants (9-25 years).
  • Collected structural MRI scans for gray matter analysis (cortical thickness, subcortical volumes).
  • Assessed naturalistic sleep patterns using wrist actigraphy for duration, timing, continuity, and regularity.

Main Results:

  • Shorter sleep duration, later sleep timing, and poorer sleep continuity correlated with thinner cortex and altered subcortical volumes.
  • These associations were observed across diverse brain regions throughout adolescence.
  • Specific regions showed age-dependent associations, with some links present in childhood/early adolescence but not in later stages.

Conclusions:

  • Both age-invariant and age-specific associations exist between sleep patterns and gray matter structure in brain regions vital for sensory, cognitive, and emotional processing.
  • Sleep interventions during critical developmental periods may positively influence neurodevelopmental outcomes.