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Sleepiness and Winter

18. October 2009

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[Translate] Definition: Excessive sleepiness during winter months creates a so-called Winter Depression syndrome — a recurrent mood disorder The effect of this disorder is a lack of bright light, that is reaching the biological clock in a small region of the brain –the suprachiasmatic nucleus The use of a light box to artificially extend the day length [...]

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