Biological rhythms and mood disorders

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-379

  Salvatore, Paola ^a,d,e   Indic, Premananda ^b   Murray, Greg ^c   Baldessarini, Ross J ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Circadian rhythm; Locomotor activity; Major depression; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AWARENESS; BASIC RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; NIGHT SLEEP; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 84875821306     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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