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Chronobiology of Affective Disorders: Alterations in Circadian Secretion of Pituitary and Pineal Hormones in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression

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Affective disorders are characterized by episodic alterations in mood and physiological functions indicating that these illnesses may be considered as biological clock disorders. This paper reviews some of the data on biological rhythm disturbances in affective illness with special reference to circadian alterations in secretion of pituitary and pineal hormones and disturbances in sleep EEG parameters in depressive illness.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Erasme Hospital University Clinics of Brussels, Free University of Brussels, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Julien Mendlewicz & D. P. Linkowski

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  1. Julien Mendlewicz
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  1. Académie de Paris, Université René Descartes, Paris, France

    P. Pichot

  2. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    P. Berner , R. Wolf  & K. Thau ,  & 

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Mendlewicz, J., Linkowski, D.P. (1985). Chronobiology of Affective Disorders: Alterations in Circadian Secretion of Pituitary and Pineal Hormones in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Biological Psychiatry, Higher Nervous Activity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8329-1_39

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