Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "circadian rhythms"

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    • Meeting Report: The Role of Environmental Lighting and Circadian Disruption in Cancer and Other Diseases 

      Stevens, Richard G.; Blask, David E.; Brainard, George C.; Hansen, Johnni; Lockley, Steven Ward; Provencio, Ignacio; Rea, Mark S.; Reinlib, Leslie (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007)
      Light, including artificial light, has a range of effects on human physiology and behavior and can therefore alter human physiology when inappropriately timed. One example of potential light-induced disruption is the effect ...

    • The role of sleep in bipolar disorder 

      Gold, Alexandra K; Sylvia, Louisa G (Dove Medical Press, 2016)
      Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness characterized by alternating periods of elevated and depressed mood. Sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder are present during all stages of the condition and exert a negative ...

    • Subjective Mood in Young Unmedicated Depressed Women under High and Low Sleep Pressure Conditions 

      Birchler-Pedross, Angelina; Frey, Sylvia; Götz, Thomas; Brunner, Patrick; Knoblauch, Vera; Wirz-Justice, Anna; Chellappa, Sarah L.; Cajochen, Christian (MDPI, 2016)
      Diurnal mood variations are one of the core symptoms in depression, and total sleep deprivation (SD) can induce rapid, short-lasting clinical improvement in depressed patients. Here, we investigated if differential sleep ...