SLTBR Annual Meeting 1995 Program

Program from the 7th Annual Meeting, Frankfurt, June 9-11, 1995
Under the direction of Anna Wirz-Justice, Wilfried K. Kohler, Raymond W. Lam

Keynote Lectures

• G. Fleissner: Light as a zeitgeber - a phylogenetic approach
• H. W. Korf: Neuroanatomy and cell biology of the mammalian circadian system
• J. Stehle: Molecular biology of the mammalian circadian system.

Education Program

• Andres Magnusson: SAD - Clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and epidemiology
• Raymond Lam: Clinical use of light therapy in SAD
• Charmane Eastman: Placebo effects in clinical studies
• Dan Oren: Psychobiology of SAD
• Alexander Neumeister: Medication treatments in SAD
• Bjorn Lemmer: Chronopharmacology
• Jurgen Zully: Light treatment of shiftwork and jet lag

Workshops

• Light and Architecture, Weather and Well-being, Methods for Phase Shifting
  Charmane Eastman, Wilfried Kohler, Josephine Arendt, Carl Hagfors, Anna Wirz-Justice

Oral Presentations

• Young MA, Meaden PM, Eastman CI: Sad Symptoms Onset As A Function of Calendar and Episode Time.
• Oren DA, Levendosky AA, Kasper S, et al: Circadian Profiles of Cortisol, Prolactin, and Thyrotropin in Seasonal Affective Disorder.
• Rosenthal NE, Schwartz PJ, Leibenluft E, et al: Evidence for Hypothalamic Disturbance in Seasonal Affective Disorder.
• Wehr TA, Schwartz PJ, Turner EH, et al: Summer-Winter Differences in Duration of Nocturnal Melatonin Secretion in SAD Patients and Healthy Controls.
• Lam RW, Jang KL, Livesley WJ et al: The Genetic Epidemiology of Seasonality.
• Avery D, Bolte MA, Ries R: Dawn Simulation Treatment of Abstinent Alcoholics with Winter Depression: A Controlled Study.
• Kripke DF, Rex KM, Cole RJ: Critical Interval for Light Treatment of Depression?
• van Someren EJW, Kessler A, Mirmiran M, Swaab DF: Indirect Bright Light Affects Circadian Rest-Activity Rhythm Disturbances of Demented Patients.
• Endo T, Sasaki M, Suenaga K: Morning Bright Light Lowered Temperature and Increased REM Sleep During Initial Part of Sleep.
• Terman M, Terman JS: Phase Shifts in Melatonin and Sleep Under Light Therapy for Winter Depression.
• Stewart KT, Chapman JC, Nimmagudda RR, Putcha L: Light Treatment Shifts Salivary Melatonin Phythms in NASA Shiftworkers.
• Campbell SS: Bright Light Exposure Does Not Facilitate Shift Work Adaptation in Middle-Aged Subjects.
• Wirz-Justice A, Krauchi K, Cajochen C, et al: The Phase Advance Induced by Evening Melatonin Administration is Mediated by Rapid Modulation of Thermoregulatory Mechanisms.
• Cajochen C, Krauchi K, Mori D, et al: Melatonin Increases Sleepiness and Theta Activity in the Wake EEG, But Does Not Affect the Sleep EEG Except to Lengthen the First REM Sleep Episode.

Poster Presentations

• Schlager DS, Schwartz JE: Seasonal Variation in Human Neo-Natal Mortality.
• Anderson JL, Mooney JJ, Peteet JR, Meyer SE: SPAQ and Seasonality: The Women are SAD and the Men are Subsyndromal -- Is it a Problem.
• Hagfors C, Thorell L-H, Arned M: Seasonality in Finland and Sweden, an Epidemiologic Study, Preliminary Resuls.
• Danilenko KV, Putilov AA: Factors Affecting the Typical Clinical Picture of SAD.
• Krauchi K, Reich S, Wirz-Justice A: Carbohydrate Eating in SAD is ‘Emotional’
• Ruhrmann S, Klemm E, Biersack H-J, Laux G: Preliminary rCBF Findings with a Cognitive Stimulation Paradigm in Seasonal Affective Disorder.
• Habrat E, Swiecicki L: Differences in Personality Dimensions Between SAD and Non-SAD Patients.
• Putilov AA, Danilenko KV, Palchikov VE, Schergin SM: The Multiple Sleep Latency Test in Seasonal Affective Disorder: No Evidence for Increased Sleep Propensity.
• Rieder N, Neumeister A, Hesselmann B, Kasper S: Suicidality and SAD: A Case Report.
• Magnusson A: Light Therapy in Collage Students with Symptoms of Winter Depression.
• Partonen T, Lonnqvist J: Prevention of Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder By Bright Light.
• Meesters Y, Beersma DGM, Bouhuys AL, van den Hoofdakker RH: Preventing SAD by Using Light Visors: Bright White or Infrared Light?
• Kurz B, Giedke H, Grupe O, et al: Early Morning Exercises (Aerobic) Reduce Depression Scores In Winter Depressed Women (SAD/S-SAD).
• Neumeister A, Reisder N, Hesselmann B, Kasper S: Serotonin Function and Mechanism of Action in Light Therapy.
• Ozaki N, Goldman D, Schwartz PJ, et al: A Search for Serotonin-Related Candidate Genes in Patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
• Sachs G, Vasile RG, Anderson JL, et al: Changes in RCBF After Light Therapy for SAD: Responders vs. Non-Responders.
• Volf NV, Senkova NI, Golubev AM, Pasinkova NR: Winter Depression and Bright Light Effects on Hemispheric Functions.
• Balzer I, Hardeland R: Light Effects and Melatonin, Ancient Principles Present in a Unicell, Gonyaulax Polyedra.
• Murck H, Guldner J, Colla-Muller M, et al: Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Decelerates nonREM-REM Cycles and Modulates Hormone Secretion During Sleep in Men.
• Simmermann U, Reibenweber J, Wildt L: Does Between-Subject LH-Pulse Coincidence Reveal An External Zeitgeber for Circhoral Rhythms?
• Schmidt KP, Kohler WK, Fey P, et al: Assessing the Effect of Physical Activity on Core Temperature: A Method to Demask the Temperature Rhythm Under Field Conditions.
• Ancoli-Israel S, Jones D, Martin J, Khazeni N, Kripke DF: Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, Light Exposure and Dementia.
• Gordijn MCM, Beersma DGM, Korte HJ, van den Hoofdakker RH: Manipulations of the Circadian System in Non-Seasonal Depressives.
• Moog R: Circadian Phase Adjustment in Blind Persons.
• Fey P, Koehler WK, Pflug B: Monitoring of Daily Fluctuations of Depressive Mood by the Bright-Dark-Scale - A New Tool for the Assessment of Daily Mood Patterns.
• Volk S, von Nessen S, Georgi K, Pflug B: Polygraphically Defined Structure of Wakefulness as a Tool for Studying Sleep Deprivation Response in Depressive Patients.
• Yaron D, Hila S: Characteristics of Sleep-Wake Schedule Disorder (SWSD) Patients.
• Geraldo H, Cassady S: A Questionnaire for Light Intensity Preference and Related Behaviours: Detection of Photophobia and Photophilia in Schizophrenia and Depression.