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Trial reportSleep2015

Benefits of Sleep Extension on Sustained Attention and Sleep Pressure Before and During Total Sleep Deprivation and Recovery.

Pierrick J Arnal, Fabien Sauvet, Damien Leger, Pascal van Beers, Virginie Bayon, Clément Bougard, Arnaud Rabat, Guillaume Y Millet, Mounir Chennaoui

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Sleep, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02820649 (Protective Effects of Exercise Training on Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Total Sleep Deprivation in Healthy Subjects), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02820649 nacompletednot on this map

Protective Effects of Exercise Training on Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Total Sleep Deprivation in Healthy Subjects

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstitut de Recherche Biomedicale des ArmeesRan2015 to 2016Enrolled16ConditionsSleep DeprivationArmsSleep deprivation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Cognitive benefits of sleep: a narrative review to explore the relevance of glucose regulation.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Pierrick J ArnalInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
Fabien SauvetInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
Damien LegerUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, EA7330 VIFASOM (Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil), Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France.
Pascal van BeersInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
Virginie BayonUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, EA7330 VIFASOM (Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil), Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France.
Clément BougardInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
Arnaud RabatInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
Guillaume Y MilletLaboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, 42000 Saint Etienne, France.
Mounir ChennaouiInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Fatigue et Vigilance, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
Délégation Paris 5 · FRAssistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRSorbonne Paris Cité · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FRUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the effects of 6 nights of sleep extension on sustained attention and sleep pressure before and during total sleep deprivation and after a subsequent recovery sleep.

designSubjects participated in two experimental conditions (randomized cross-over design): extended sleep (EXT, 9.8 ± 0.1 h (mean ± SE) time in bed) and habitual sleep (HAB, 8.2 ± 0.1 h time in bed). In each condition, subjects performed two consecutive phases: (1) 6 nights of either EXT or HAB (2) three days in-laboratory: baseline, total sleep deprivation and after 10 h of recovery sleep.

settingResidential sleep extension and sleep performance laboratory (continuous polysomnographic recording).

participants14 healthy men (age range: 26-37 years).

interventionsEXT vs. HAB sleep durations prior to total sleep deprivation. MEASUREMENTS AND

resultsTotal sleep time and duration of all sleep stages during the 6 nights were significantly higher in EXT than HAB. EXT improved psychomotor vigilance task performance (PVT, both fewer lapses and faster speed) and reduced sleep pressure as evidenced by longer multiple sleep latencies (MSLT) at baseline compared to HAB. EXT limited PVT lapses and the number of involuntary microsleeps during total sleep deprivation. Differences in PVT lapses and speed and MSLT at baseline were maintained after one night of recovery sleep.

conclusionSix nights of extended sleep improve sustained attention and reduce sleep pressure. Sleep extension also protects against psychomotor vigilance task lapses and microsleep degradation during total sleep deprivation. These beneficial effects persist after one night of recovery sleep.

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AdultAttentionCross-Over StudiesHumansMalePsychomotor PerformanceSleepSleep DeprivationTime FactorsWakefulnesscognitive performanceinvoluntary microsleeprecovery sleepsleep deprivationsleep extension

Identifiers

PMID26194565
PMCPMC4667385
OpenAlexW949858658

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