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Blind Man Living in Normal Society Has Circadian Rhythms of 24.9 Hours
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A psychologically normal blind man, living and working in normal society, suffered from a severe cyclic sleep-wake disorder. Investigations showed that he had circadian rhythms of body temperature, alertness, performance, cortisol secretion, and urinary electrolyte excretion which were desynchronized from the 24-hour societal schedule. These rhythms all had periods which were longer than 24 hours and indistinguishable from the period of the lunar day.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Miles, L. E. M., Raynal, D. M., & Wilson, M. A.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1977-10-28
- Volume
- 198
- Issue
- 4315
- Pages
- 421-423
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2082427618
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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