Acute and Chronic Effects of Alcohol on Sleep and Sleep Related Brain Functioning in Adolescents

过量饮酒与身体伤害和危险性行为的风险增加有关，特别是在青春期和青年期。关于酒精对这个年龄组睡眠期间大脑活动的影响知之甚少。这个项目调查了睡眠中的大脑同步是否是青春期后期酒精相关脑损伤的早期标志，以及在这个关键的发育时期，急性中毒是否会破坏与睡眠相关的记忆过程。

Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of physical injury and risky sexual behaviour, particularly in adolescence and young adulthood. Little is known about alcohols impact on brain activity during sleep in this age group. This project investigates whether brain synchronisation during sleep is an early marker of alcohol related brain damage in late adolescence and if acute intoxication disrupts sleep related memory processes during this critical developmental period