LACK OF VEGETATIVE AND ENDOCRINE ORCADIAN RHYTHMS IN FATAL FAMILIAL THALAMIC DEGENERATION
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 26 (5) , 573-580
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1987.tb00812.x
Abstract
A total lack of neuroendocrine and vegetative circadian rhythms was observed in a patient with a familial degeneration of the anterior and dorso‐medial thalamic nuclei. Our findings support the role of the thalamus in regulating the periodicity of endocrine and vegetative functions.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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