Kirov, Roumen and Kinkelbur, Joerg and Heipke, Susanne and Kostanecka-Endress, Tatiana and Westhoff, Moritz and Cohrs, Stefan and Ruther, Eckart and Hajak, Goeran and Banaschewski, Tobias and Rothenberger, Aribert (2004) Is there a specific polysomnographic sleep pattern in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH, 13 (1). pp. 87-93. ISSN 0962-1105, 1365-2869
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The aim of the study was to characterize the sleep pattern in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). By means of polysomnography (PSG), sleep patterns were studied in 17 unmedicated preadolescent boys rigorously diagnosed with ADHD and 17 control boys precisely matched for age and intelligence. Although ADHD children did not display a general sleep alteration, major PSG data showed a significant increase in the duration of the absolute rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and the number of sleep cycles in ADHD group when compared with controls. In addition, REM sleep latency tended to be shorter in ADHD children. These results suggest that in ADHD children, a forced REM sleep initiation may produce a higher incidence of sleep cycles and may also contribute to an increased duration of the absolute REM sleep. The overall pattern of the findings implies that a forced ultradian cycling appears characteristic for the sleep in ADHD children, which may be related to alterations of brain monoamines and cortical inhibitory control accompanying the ADHD psychopathology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; LIMB MOVEMENT-DISORDER; RESTLESS LEGS; METHYLPHENIDATE; DISTURBANCES; ADHD; ASSOCIATIONS; INATTENTION; COMORBIDITY; PERCEPTIONS; attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children; brain monoamines; cortical inhibition; rapid eye movement sleep; ultradian cycling |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2021 11:17 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2021 11:17 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37940 |
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