About the Authors

Amy C. Reynolds

Affiliation Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Jillian Dorrian

Affiliation Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Peter Y. Liu

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

Hans P. A. Van Dongen

Affiliation Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, United States of America

Gary A. Wittert

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Lee J. Harmer

Affiliation Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia

Siobhan Banks

Siobhan.Banks@unisa.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts to declare: Peter Y. Liu has received funding or in-kind support from Bayer Schering and from Phillips Respironics for investigator initiated trials. Hans P.A. Van Dongen has consulted for Pulsar Informatics and FedEx Corporation. Gary A. Wittert has received research support from ResMed, Itamar Medical Ltd, Bayer Schering, and is a member of the Androgen Advisory Board of Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd. All other authors have no conflicts of interest. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online on the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB HPAVD ACR. Performed the experiments: ACR SB LJH. Analyzed the data: ACR JD HPAVD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB ACR JD HPAVD. Wrote the paper: ACR PYL HPAVD GAW SB.