%0 Journal Article
%T Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome following a car accident
%J Neurology
%D 2003
%A Boivin, D. B.
%A James, F. O.
%A Santo, J. B.
%A Caliyurt, O.
%A Chalk, C.
%V 60
%N 11
%P 1841-1843
%X The authors report the case of a 39-year-old sighted woman who displayed non-24-hour sleep-wake cycles following a car accident. The phase relationship between endogenous circadian markers such as plasma melatonin and 6-sulfatoxymelatonin rhythms and self-selected sleep times was abnormal. A laboratory investigation indicated that she was sensitive to bright light as a circadian synchronizer. MRI and brain CT scans were normal, but microscopic brain damage in the vicinity of the suprachiasmatic nucleus or its output pathways is plausible.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0028-3878
%U http://dx.doi.org/