About the Authors

Olga Prilipko

Affiliation Stanford University Sleep Clinic and Center for Human Sleep Research, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Nelly Huynh

Affiliation Stanford University Sleep Clinic and Center for Human Sleep Research, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Sophie Schwartz

Affiliation Geneva University Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland

Visasiri Tantrakul

Affiliation Stanford University Sleep Clinic and Center for Human Sleep Research, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Clete Kushida

Affiliation Stanford University Sleep Clinic and Center for Human Sleep Research, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Teresa Paiva

Affiliation Department of Neurology, CENC, Lisbon, Portugal

Christian Guilleminault

cguil@stanford.edu

Affiliation Stanford University Sleep Clinic and Center for Human Sleep Research, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

This study was partly supported by Respironics, Resmed, and Covidien. The publication is supported by an unrestrictive educational grant from Kai sensor Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OP CG CK. Performed the experiments: OP NH VT. Analyzed the data: OP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OP SS. Wrote the paper: OP. Contributed to results interpretation: OP CG TP.