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Supersensitivity to light: possible trait marker for manic-depressive illness
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Exposure to light during the night reduces plasma melatonin levels. A previous study showed that, in response to light, nighttime plasma melatonin levels fell twice as much in a group of acutely ill manic-depressive patients as in a group of normal subjects. The present study compares 11 euthymic manic-depressive patients not taking medications with 24 age- and sex-matched normal subjects. Melatonin levels in these patients also fell twice as much as the levels of the normal subjects, suggesting that supersensitivity to light may be a trait marker for bipolar affective disorder.
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- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 1985-06-01
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 725-727
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- OpenAlex
- W21495289
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 23
- FWCI
- 9.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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