Core body temperature in patients with seasonal affective disorder and normal controls in summer and winter
| Autor: | Todd A. Hardin, Alytia A. Levendosky, Elizabeth Sorek, Jean R. Joseph-Vanderpool, Norman E. Rosenthal |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Light therapy
Adult Male medicine.medical_treatment Physiology Thyrotropin behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology Temperature rhythm mental disorders Medicine Humans In patient Circadian rhythm Biological Psychiatry Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Core (anatomy) Depressive Disorder business.industry Middle Aged Circadian Rhythm Female Seasons business Arousal Energy Metabolism psychological phenomena and processes Body Temperature Regulation |
| Zdroj: | Biological psychiatry. 29(6) |
| ISSN: | 0006-3223 |
| Popis: | The rationale for phototherapy in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) was originally based on the notion that SAD patients were light deprived during the wintertime and needed more light. We previously found normal temperature profiles of untreated SAD patients during the winter, and that phototherapy significantly enhanced the amplitude of the circadian temperature profile in SAD patients during the winter (Rosenthal et al 1990). We hypothesized that summer would act similarly on the temperature rhythm of these patients. In this study we examined the temperature data from SAD patients and normal controls during the summer and compared it to the results of our previous study. We found identical profiles for SAD patients and normal controls during the summer and that summer significantly lowered the overall temperature profiles of both groups and did not alter the amplitudes. These results raise questions about the validity of the current theories of the mechanism of light therapy. |
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