Effects of School Schedule Transition on Sleep-Wake Cycle of Brazilian Adolescents
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Researchers have long been concerned with students’ sleep. In 1913, Terman and Hocking (1) had already raised a number of questions on the subject, namely: "What is the optimum amount of sleep for physicvels (measured by MSLT) in adolescents during a summer holiday camping. Golub has recently (2) found a delay in sleep-wake cycle (SWC) concurrent with the sexual development of Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulata), and Tate & Richardson (3) have found the same association in a diurnal rodent (Octogon degu). Although these findings strongly suggest that the neuroendocrine system might act upon SWC regulation, the mechanisms involved in this process have not been well identified yet.
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