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PERIOD3, circadian phenotypes, and sleep homeostasis.
Sleep medicine reviews - 1 Jun 2010
Dijk Derk-Jan, Archer Simon N
Abstract excerpt
Circadian rhythmicity and sleep homeostasis contribute to sleep phenotypes and sleep-wake disorders, some of the genetic determinants of which are emerging. Approximately 10% of the population are homozygous for the 5-repeat allele (PER3(5/5)) of a variable number tandem repeat polymorphism in the clock gene PERIOD3 (PER3). We review recent data on the effects of this polymorphism on sleep-wake regulation....
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