Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Phillips, Andrew J K ^a,b   Clerx, William M ^a,b   O'Brien, Conor S ^a   Sano, Akane ^c   Barger, Laura K ^a,b   Picard, Rosalind W ^c   Lockley, Steven W ^a,b   Klerman, Elizabeth B ^a,b   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SLEEP; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020718674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03171-4     Document Type: Article

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