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Article: Alcohol, Antidepressants, and Circadian Rhythms.
- Article from:
- Alcohol Research & Health
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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Human and Animal Models
Alcohol consumption (both acute and chronic) and alcohol withdrawal have a variety of chronobiological effects in humans and other animals. These effects are widespread, altering the circadian rhythms of numerous physiological, endocrine, and behavioral functions. Thus, some of alcohol's negative health consequences may be related to a disruption of normal physiological timing. Most studies of alcohol's chronobiological effects have been conducted under natural conditions in which environmental stimuli, such as regular cycles of light and darkness, act to coordinate circadian rhythms with the environment and with each other. However, such ...