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Ancient Sheep Help Pinpoint Brain Timing Mechanisms Linked To Seasonal Affective Disorder
By Depressed Jane | August 14, 2008
New research by Aberdeen scientists suggests that Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) relates to an ancient timing mechanism in the brain dating back millions of years. Discoveries by a University of Aberdeen-led team, involving collaborators in Edinburgh and Strasbourg, and published in the latest issue of Current Biology, shed new insights into the mechanisms by which seasonal rhythms are generated.
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