A circadian signal of change of season in patients with seasonal affective disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1108-1114

  Wehr, Thomas A ^a   Duncan Jr , Wallace C ^a   Sher, Leo ^b   Aeschbach, Daniel ^a   Schwartz, Paul J ^c   Turner, Erick H ^a,d   Postolache, Teodor T ^a   Rosenthal, Norman E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WINTER;

EID: 0035196150     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.58.12.1108     Document Type: Article

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