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| Title |
Circadian Rhythms and Mood Disorders: Are the Phenomena and Mechanisms Causally Related?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00118 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
William Bechtel |
| Abstract |
This paper reviews some of the compelling evidence of disrupted circadian rhythms in individuals with mood disorders (major depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, and bipolar disorder) and that treatments such as bright light, designed to alter circadian rhythms, are effective in treating these disorders. Neurotransmitters in brain regions implicated in mood regulation exhibit circadian rhythms. A mouse model originally employed to identify a circadian gene has proven a potent model for mania. While this evidence is suggestive of an etiological role for altered circadian rhythms in mood disorders, it is compatible with other explanations, including that disrupted circadian rhythms and mood disorders are effects of a common cause and that genes and proteins implicated in both simply have pleiotropic effects. In light of this, the paper advances a proposal as to what evidence would be needed to establish a direct causal link between disruption of circadian rhythms and mood disorders. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 18% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| China | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
| Scientists | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 141 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 137 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 16% |
| Researcher | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 16% |
| Unknown | 21 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 29 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 18% |
| Psychology | 24 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 11% |
| Unknown | 30 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 May 2018.
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