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desynchrony

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desynchrony,
a condition in which the environmental cues and patterns, such as sleeping and eating, conflict with an individual's existing pattern, as in jet lag.
desynchrony 
a condition in which the envronmental cues and patterns, such as sleeping and eating, conflict with an individual's existing pattern; one type is jet lag.
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The authors of the study speculate that the internal desynchrony of oscillators likely to result from a rotating light schedule may have dire consequences that may be exacerbated by age (Davidson et al.
Meeting report: the role of environmental lighting and circadian ... by Stevens, Richard G.; Blask, David E.; Brainard, George C.; Hansen, Johnni; Lockley, Steven W.; Prove / Environmental Health Perspectives
In effect, the desynchrony protocol affected sleep/wake time but not circadian rhythm, an internal mechanism that regulates behavior according to the rhythms of nature, such as night and day and the seasons.
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Perhaps of greater importance was the finding by Sheehan et al (14) that symptoms account for only about 30% of the variance in disability, and that there may be desynchrony of symptom severity and disability-scale scores over time that requires measurements of both in tracking treatment outcomes.
Work, social, and family disabilities of subjects with anxiety and ... by Schwab, John J. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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