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- Title
A circadian signal of change of season in patients with seasonal affective disorder.
- Authors
Wehr, T A; Duncan, W C, Jr; Sher, L; Aeschbach, D; Schwartz, P J; Turner, E H; Postolache, T T; Rosenthal, N E
- Abstract
In animals, the circadian pacemaker regulates seasonal changes in behavior by transmitting a signal of day length to other sites in the organism. The signal is expressed reciprocally in the duration of nocturnal melatonin secretion, which is longer in winter than in summer. We investigated whether such a signal could mediate the effects of change of season on patients with seasonal affective disorder.
- Publication
Archives of general psychiatry, 2001, Vol 58, Issue 12, p1108
- ISSN
0003-990X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.58.12.1108