Touitou Y, Bogdan A, Reinberg A, Haus E
Service de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié, Paris, France.
Pathol Biol (Paris). 1996 Sep;44(7):654-65.
Biological rhythms spread over a wide range of frequencies: circadian, ultradian and infradian. Circannual rhythms belong to this latter domain as their period average one year +/- 2 months. The seasonal rhythms in man of melatonin, prolactin, hormones of bone metabolism, ACTH and HCG are here reviewed and the questions raised by their characterization - including methodological problems - their origin and their incidence on health and diseases.
昼夜节律、超日节律和亚日节律。近年节律属于后一个范畴，因为它们的周期平均为一年±2个月。本文综述了人类褪黑素、催乳素、骨代谢激素、促肾上腺皮质激素和人绒毛膜促性腺激素的季节性节律，以及它们的特征（包括方法学问题）、起源及其对健康和疾病的影响所引发的问题。
