Sleep, napping and alertness during an overwintering mission at Belgrano II Argentine Antarctic station

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Folgueira, Agustín Leandro, Simonelli, Guido, Plano, Santiago Andrés, Tortello, Camila, Cuiuli, Juan Manuel, Blanchard, Abel, Patagua, Alejandro, Brager, Allison J., Capaldi, Vincent F., Aubert, André E., Barbarito, Marta, Golombek, Diego Andrés, Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; SLEEP; NAP; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3; Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Argentine; Plano; Guido; Belgrano; Ejército; Belgrano II; Quilmes; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/129594

During Antarctic isolation personnel are exposed to extreme photoperiods. A frequent observation is a sleep onset phase delay during winter. It is not known if, as a result, daytime sleeping in the form of naps increases. We sought to assess sleep patterns - with focus on daytime sleeping - and aler...