Advancing the sleep/wake schedule impacts the sleep of African-Americans more than European-Americans.

There are differences in sleep duration between Blacks/African-Americans and Whites/European-Americans. Recently, we found differences between these ancestry groups in the circadian system, such as circadian period and the magnitude of phase shifts. Here we document the role of ancestry on sleep and...

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Main Authors: Gemma M Paech, Stephanie J Crowley, Louis F Fogg, Charmane I Eastman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5653363?pdf=render