Axillary temperature rhythms: the predominance of ultradian periodicity in major affective disorders

Axillary temperature was recorded at least twice during a 48 hrs. span at 6 min. intervals in 10 hospitalized subjects with major affective disorders (DSM III 296. xx). During the clinical occurrence of acute symptoms 7 out of 10 subjects exhibited a prominent ultradian periodicity (period tau less...

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Published inComptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, Série III, Sciences de la vie Vol. 309; no. 9; p. 331
Main Authors Bicakova-Rocher, A, Reinberg, A, Gorceix, A, Nouguier, J, Nouguier-Soulé, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1989
Subjects
Activity Cycles
Adult
Aged
Axilla
Body Temperature
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mood Disorders - physiopathology
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Summary:Axillary temperature was recorded at least twice during a 48 hrs. span at 6 min. intervals in 10 hospitalized subjects with major affective disorders (DSM III 296. xx). During the clinical occurrence of acute symptoms 7 out of 10 subjects exhibited a prominent ultradian periodicity (period tau less than 20 hrs.) in their temperature time series. Whatever the used therapeutic mean (electroconvulsive therapy and/or chemotherapy) the improvement was associated with a circadian rhythmicity (20 hrs. less than or equal to tau less than or equal to 28 hrs.). A prominent temperature ultradian rhythm (which occurs only in the new born) could be the index of an internal desynchronization associated with major affective disorders.
ISSN:0764-4469