The impact of circadian and sleep factors on neurodevelopment

该项目旨在纵向考察多种昼夜节律和睡眠因素对青少年大脑发育的影响。青春期与体内生物钟的变化有关，导致上床和起床时间较晚，以及睡眠不足。这也是青少年大脑迅速成熟以支持学习的时期。尽管青春期睡眠的重要性已为人所知，但我们对生物钟和睡眠如何影响发育中的大脑知之甚少。我们的项目希望促进人们对睡眠和昼夜节律对健康大脑和认知发展的重要性的理解。这些知识将为政策和预防/干预计划提供信息，使个人、父母和社区受益。

This project aims to longitudinally examine the contributions of multiple circadian and sleep factors on the development of the teen brain. Adolescence is associated with a change in the internal body clock, leading to later bed and wake times and loss of sleep. It is also a time when the teenage brain is rapidly maturing to support learning. Despite the known importance of sleep in adolescence we know little about how the circadian clock and sleep impacts the developing brain. Our project expects to advance understanding of the importance of sleep and circadian timing for healthy brain and cognitive development. This knowledge will inform policy and prevention/intervention programs to benefit individuals, parents and the community.