Familial transmission of seasonal changes in sleep and eating function in the general population.

doi:10.1016/s0165-1781(98)00093-6

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Familial transmission of seasonal changes in sleep and eating function in the general population.

Psychiatry research - 16 Nov 1998

Sasaki T, Sakamoto K, Akaho R, Nakajima T, Takahashi K

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Both genetic and environmental factors may be involved in the development of the increased sleep and appetite/body weight during winter, which are observed in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) as well as in normal variants of behavior in the general population. Decreases of these psychosomatic fu...

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Adult
Aged
Appetite
Body Weight
Eating
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Personality Inventory
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasons
Sleep
Social Environment

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