“…This result agrees with the reported temporal distribution (either hourly, during cylces or fractions of the night) in healthy young adults (e.g., Aserinsky, 1969;Benoit, Foret, & Bouard, 1983;Berger, Walker, Scott, Magnuson, & Pollack, 1971 ;Feinberg, Fein, & Floyd, 1980;Taub, Hollingsworth, & Bruce, 1983) and for some (but not all) patients with primary or endogenous depression (Duncan et al, 1979;Foster et al, 1976;Kupfer et al, 1973;McPartland, Kupfer, Coble, & Matthews, 1978;Pugnetti et al, 1982;Reynolds et al, 1983a;Vogel et al, 1980). This result agrees with the reported temporal distribution (either hourly, during cylces or fractions of the night) in healthy young adults (e.g., Aserinsky, 1969;Benoit, Foret, & Bouard, 1983;Berger, Walker, Scott, Magnuson, & Pollack, 1971 ;Feinberg, Fein, & Floyd, 1980;Taub, Hollingsworth, & Bruce, 1983) and for some (but not all) patients with primary or endogenous depression (Duncan et al, 1979;Foster et al, 1976;Kupfer et al, 1973;McPartland, Kupfer, Coble, & Matthews, 1978;Pugnetti et al, 1982;Reynolds et al, 1983a;Vogel et al, 1980).…”