About the Authors

Jacques Montplaisir

Affiliation Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Dominique Petit

Affiliation Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Canada

Marie-Josée Quinn

Affiliation Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Canada

Manale Ouakki

Affiliation Quebec National Public Health Institute (Institut national de santé publique du Québec), Quebec City, Canada

Geneviève Deceuninck

Affiliation Quebec University Hospital Research Centre, Quebec City, Canada

Alex Desautels

Affiliation Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, and Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Emmanuel Mignot

Affiliation Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Philippe De Wals

Philippe.De.Wals@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

Competing Interests

Jacques Montplaisir received grants/support from Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, served as an advisor for Sanofi-Aventis, Servier, Merck, Jazz Pharmaceutical, Valeant Pharmaceutical, and Impax Laboratories, and received honoraria for speaking engagements from Valeant Pharmaceutical and Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Dominique Petit, Marie-Josée Quinn, Geneviève Deceuninck, and Manale Ouakki have no conflict of interest to report. Alex Desautels received grants from GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis, and received honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline. Emmanuel Mignot received grants from GlaxoSmithKline, Jazz Pharmaceutical, and Novo-Nordisk. Philippe De Wals received research grants, honoraria, and reimbursements of travel expenses from vaccine manufacturers including GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and Sanofi Pasteur. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM PDW. Performed the experiments: JM DP MJQ MO GD AD EM. Analyzed the data: JM DP MJQ MO GD AD EM PDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM DP MJQ AD EM. Wrote the paper: PDW JM DP.