2 papers
q-bio.NC2019
Seasonality and Light Phase-Resetting in the Mammalian Circadian Rhythm
Kevin M. Hannay, Daniel B. Forger, Victoria Booth
We study the impact of light on the mammalian circadian system using the theory of phase response curves. Using a recently developed ansatz we derive a low-dimensional macroscopic…
q-bio.NC2017
REM sleep complicates period adding bifurcations from monophasic to polyphasic sleep behavior in a sleep-wake regulatory network model for human sleep
K. Kalmbach, V. Booth, C. G. Diniz Behn
The structure of human sleep changes across development as it consolidates from the polyphasic sleep of infants to the single nighttime sleep period typical in adults. Across this…