Sleep disruption is highly associated with the pathogenesis and progression of a wild range of psychiatric disorders. Furthermore, appreciable evidence shows that experimental sleep deprivation (SD) on humans and rodents evokes anomalies in the dopaminergic (DA) signaling, which are also implicated in the development of psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia or substance abuse. Since adolescence is a vital period for the maturation of the DA system as well as the occurrence of mental disorders, the present studies aimed to investigate the impacts of SD on the DA system of adolescent mice. We found that 72 h SD elicited a hyperdopaminergic status, with increased sensitivity to the novel environment and Amphetamine (Amph) challenge. Also, altered neuronal activity and expression of striatal DA receptors were noticed in the SD mice. Moreover, 72 h SD in uenced the immune status in the striatum, with reduced microglial phagocytic capacity, primed microglial activation, and neuroin ammation. The abnormal neuronal and microglial activity were putatively provoked by the enhanced corticotrophinreleasing factor (CRF) signaling and sensitivity during the SD period. Together, our ndings demonstrated the consequences of SD in adolescents including aberrant neuroendocrine, DA system, and in ammatory status. Sleep insu ciency is a risk factor for the aberration and neuropathology of psychiatric disorders.