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2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Identification of Chronotype and its application of non-pharmacological treatment for mood disorders

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 24621003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field 睡眠科学
Research InstitutionShiga University of Medical Science

Principal Investigator

YAMADA Naoto  滋賀医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (50166724)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Keywords生体リズム / 時間遺伝子 / 非薬物治療
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the study is to confirm the method for identifying a chrono-type type using saliva from the subjects, and to examine the validity of the method by comparing the data obtained from questionnaire. The saliva of the subjects was collected every 2 hours from 6 to 20 o'clock.
After creating the cDNA from the RNA extracted from the saliva, each amount of Per3, Nr1d1, Nr1D2 was measured by the real-time PCR. Then, the index of the circadian rhythm (the acrophase, the mesa - the amplitude) was identified using the data.

Free Research Field

精神医学

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Published: 2016-06-03  

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