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May 1, 2026
Dr. Helen Burgess on Circadian Rhythm
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Brent FransonHOST
Are both of those things true? Am I thinking about it in the wrong way? What's the link here?
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46:42Helen BurgessGUEST
Bipolar depression is just a little bit different because by definition, people with bipolar depression are having, if it's bipolar disorder one, they've had a manic episode.
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46:56Helen BurgessGUEST
Our studies with bipolar disorder were actually more focused on looking at the sensitivity of the circadian photoreceptor in bipolar disorder because there is a suggestion in the field that people with bipolar disorder may be more sensitive to light and it can actually sometimes trigger mania.
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47:12Helen BurgessGUEST
But for other studies, so for the fibromyalgia one, for example, yes, I would agree.

Brent FransonHOST
And then what are you most excited about that's next? If you could go, if you could just magically appear 20 years in the future and you could do the equivalent of a Google search or a chat GPT on what happened to this line of research, where would you look? What are you most optimistic about?