Trait interindividual differences in the sleep physiology of healthy young adults

• Published in: Journal of sleep research Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 170 - 180
• Main Authors: TUCKER, ADRIENNE M., DINGES, DAVID F., VAN DONGEN, HANS P. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Adult; adult humans; baseline sleep; delta power; Electrocardiography; Electroencephalography; Electrooculography; Female; Health Status; Humans; individual differences; Male; nocturnal polysomnography; phenotypes; Polysomnography; Prevalence; recovery sleep; Sleep Deprivation - epidemiology; Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm - diagnosis; Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm - epidemiology; Sleep Stages - physiology; sleep structure; total sleep deprivation; trait variability

Summary Despite decades of sleep research by means of polysomnography (PSG), systematic interindividual differences in PSG‐assessed sleep parameters have been scarcely investigated. The present study is the first to quantify interindividual variability in standard PSG‐assessed variables of sleep str...