Across-night dynamics in traveling sleep slow waves throughout childhood

[摘要] Study ObjectivesSleep slow waves behave like traveling waves and are thus a marker for brain connectivity. Across a night of sleep in adults, wave propagation is scaled down, becoming more local. Yet, it is unknown whether slow wave propagation undergoes similar across-night dynamics in childhood—a period of extensive cortical rewiring.

[学科分类] 生理学

[关键词] brain connectivity;function of sleep;high-density EEG;neurodevelopmental marker;sleep regulation