Miles L E, Raynal D M, Wilson M A
Science. 1977 Oct 28;198(4315):421-3. doi: 10.1126/science.910139.
A psychologically normal blind man, living and working in normal society, suffered from a severe cyclic sleep-wake disorder. Investigations showed that he had circadian rhythms of body temperature, alertness, performance, cortisol secretion, and urinary electrolyte excretion which were desynchronized from the 24-hour societal schedule. These rhythms all had periods which were longer than 24 hours and indistinguishable from the period of the lunar day.
一名心理正常的盲人在正常社会中生活和工作,却患有严重的周期性睡眠-觉醒障碍。调查显示,他的体温、警觉性、行为表现、皮质醇分泌及尿电解质排泄的昼夜节律与24小时的社会作息不同步。这些节律的周期均长于24小时,且与太阴日的周期无法区分。