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| Title: | Progress in Circadian Rhythm Research
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| Author: | Anne-Laure Léglise (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600218768 : 9781600218767 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 254 |
| Weight: | .74 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 107.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Medical research |
A circadian rhythm is a roughly-24-hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings, including plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria. The term 'circadian', comes from the Latin circa, 'around', and dies, 'day', meaning literally 'about a day'. The formal study of biological temporal rhythms such as daily, weekly, seasonal, and annual rhythms, is called chronobiology. In a strict sense, circadian rhythms are endogenously generated, although they can be modulated by external cues such as sunlight and temperature. Most of a person's body systems demonstrate circadian variations. The body systems with the most prominent circadian variations are the sleep-wake cycle, the temperature regulation system, and the endocrine system. The malfunctioning of a person's circadian system, or biological clock, causes circadian rhythm disorders. Circadian rhythms and their relation to health outcomes in the globalised hyper world of the 21st century are now understood to be extremely important.
Preface; Reinforcing Biological Rhythms with Hypnosis: A New Paradigm of Immunotherapy in Oncology?; The Interaction of Light and the Circadian Clock Network- A New Therapeutic Approach for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders?; Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythms In Preterm Infants;; Pineal Gland and Circadian Rhythm Regulation; Control of Health and Life by a Circannual Rhythm of Hibernation: An Essential Role of Hibernation-Specific Protein Complex; Cognitive Strategies and Circadian Typology; Circadian Rhythms and Physical Activity; Intercellular and Intracellular Mechanisms of Circadian Coordination in the Mammalian Circadian Pacemaker; Neuroimmune Regulation of the Circadian Clock;; Do Scales For Measuring Morningness-Eveningness Exist All Over The World?; The Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR): A Useful Tool for Ambulant Assessment of Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis Activity; Index.
