Autistic Traits Are Associated With Decreased Activity of Fast Sleep Spindles During Adolescence | Zendy

Ilona Merikanto | Zendy; Liisa Kuula | Zendy; Tommi Makkonen | Zendy; L. Salmela | Zendy; Katri Räikkönen | Zendy; AnuKatriina Pesonen | Zendy

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Autistic Traits Are Associated With Decreased Activity of Fast Sleep Spindles During Adolescence

Author(s) -

Ilona Merikanto,

Liisa Kuula,

Tommi Makkonen,

L. Salmela,

Katri Räikkönen,

AnuKatriina Pesonen

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7662

Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , medicine , sleep spindle , autistic traits , audiology , clinical psychology , autism , developmental psychology , psychiatry , physiology , non rapid eye movement sleep , electroencephalography , psychology , autism spectrum disorder , computer science , operating system

Autistic traits present a continuum from mild symptoms to severe disorder and have been associated with a high prevalence of sleep problems. Sleep spindles have a key function in sleep maintenance and in brain plasticity. Previous studies have found decreased spindle activity in clinical autism. Here we examine the associations between the entire range of autistic traits and sleep spindle activity in a nonclinical community cohort of adolescents.

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