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ArticleScientific reports2022

Neuronal gating of tactile input and sleep in 10-month-old infants at typical and elevated likelihood for autism spectrum disorder.

Anna De Laet, Elena Serena Piccardi, Jannath Begum-Ali, Tony Charman, Mark H Johnson, Emily J H Jones, Rachael Bedford, Teodora Gliga, STAARS Team

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Anna De LaetSchool of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. A.De-Laet@uea.ac.uk.
Elena Serena PiccardiCentre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Jannath Begum-AliCentre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Tony CharmanPsychology Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Mark H JohnsonCentre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Emily J H JonesCentre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Rachael BedfordDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Teodora GligaSchool of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK.
STAARS Team
University of East London · GBBirkbeck, University of London · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBBoston University · USUniversity of East Anglia · GBKing's College London · GBUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K021389/1Medical Research Council MR/T003057/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 204770/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 217469/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep problems in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) emerge early in development, yet the origin remains unclear. Here, we characterise developmental trajectories in sleep onset latency (SOL) and night awakenings in infants at elevated likelihood (EL) for ASD (who have an older sibling with ASD) and infants at typical likelihood (TL) for ASD. Further, we test whether the ability to gate tactile input, using an EEG tactile suppression index (TSI), associates with variation in SOL and night awakenings. Parent-reported night awakenings and SOL from 124 infants (97 at EL for ASD) at 5, 10 and 14 months were analyzed using generalized estimating equations. Compared to TL infants, infants at EL had significantly more awakenings and longer SOL at 10 and 14 months. The TSI predicted SOL concurrently at 10 months, independent of ASD likelihood status, but not longitudinally at 14 months. The TSI did not predict night awakenings concurrently or longitudinally. These results imply that infants at EL for ASD wake up more frequently during the night and take longer to fall asleep from 10 months of age. At 10 months, sensory gating predicts SOL, but not night awakenings, suggesting sensory gating differentially affects neural mechanisms of sleep initiation and maintenance.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderSleep Wake DisordersHumansInfantSiblingsSleepSleep Latency

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PMID35986046
PMCPMC9391390
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