Heat-loss response to a thermal challenge in seasonal affective disorder
| Autor: | Rachel Muir, Michele Spoont, Paul A. Arbisi, Richard A. Depue, Barbara Ainsworth, Steven Krauss, Arthur S. Leon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Dopamine Seasonal Affective Disorder Heat losses Thermoregulation Control subjects behavioral disciplines and activities Body Temperature Psychiatry and Mental health Endocrinology Internal medicine mental disorders behavior and behavior mechanisms medicine Humans Female Psychology Exercise psychological phenomena and processes Biological Psychiatry Body Temperature Regulation |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry Research. 52:199-214 |
| ISSN: | 0165-1781 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0165-1781(94)90088-4 |
| Popis: | This study extends earlier findings of poorly facilitated postexercise heat loss during the winter in seasonal affective disorder (SAD). While depressed in the winter, 19 SAD subjects exhibited a significantly impaired postexercise heat loss relative to 10 control subjects. During the summer while euthymic, SAD subjects did not significantly differ from control subjects in postexercise heat loss. Since thermoregulatory heat loss is a highly dopamine-dependent process, these results support earlier findings of poorly facilitated dopamine availability in SAD during the winter and suggest a centrally mediated effect of light in SAD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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