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Regulation of Sleep and Arousal: Comments on Part VII
Author(s) -
DAHL RONALD E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1308.033
Subject(s) - sleep deprivation , sleep (system call) , arousal , circadian rhythm , psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , computer science , operating system
A bstract : This paper links the papers in this session and describes briefly how together they represent an ideal example of the kind of trans‐disciplinary approach to understanding aspects of adolescent maturation that can have major clinical and social policy implications. The issues of adolescent sleep needs, circadian changes linked to pubertal maturation, the effects of sleep deprivation on adolescent health and behavior, and social controversies such as delaying the start times of high schools to address the problems of adolescent sleep deprivation all point to the need for additional empirical studies. This will require studies of normal human development as well as animal models to investigate the mechanisms underpinning these developmental changes in sleep and circadian regulation.