supported in part by grants-in-aid for scientific research from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530035,81420108015,81301135,31471064,31421091,81471344);the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB856401,2011CB711000);a key laboratory program of the Education Commission of Shanghai Municipality(ZDSYS14005);the Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology(14JC1400900,17ZR1402000,13dz2260700).
Sleep is regulated by two mechanisms:the homeostatic process and the circadian clock.Light affects sleep and alertness by entraining the circadian clock,and acutely inducing sleep/alertness,in a manner mediated by int...