Biological Timekeeping: Clocks, Rhythms and Behaviour /

Biological Timekeeping: Clocks, Rhythms and Behaviour /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kumar, Vinod. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edición:1st ed. 2017.
Materias:
Neurobiology.
Neurosciences.
Animal physiology.
Behavioral sciences.
Occupational therapy.
Animal Physiology.
Behavioral Sciences.
Occupational Therapy.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section I: History, Concepts, Evolution and Basic Features of Biological Clock
  • Chapter 1: Biological Timekeeping: Complexity and Diversity in the Natural World
  • Chapter 2: What is a Measured Rhythm
  • Chapter 3: Basic Principles Underlying Biological Oscillations and their Entrainment
  • Chapter 4: Significance of Waveform in Biological Oscillations
  • Chapter 5: Evolution and Adaptive Significance of Biological Clocks
  • Section II: Animal Clocks: Complexity and Diversity
  • Chapter 6: The Drosophila Clock System
  • Chapter 7: The Fish Clock System
  • Chapter 8: The Reptilian Clock System: Circadian Clock, Extraretinal Photoreception and Clock-Depending Celestial Compass Mechanisms in Reptiles
  • Chapter 9: The Avian Clock System
  • Chapter 10: The Mammalian Neural Circadian System: From Molecules to Behavior
  • Section III: Human Clocks: Implications in Regulation of Sleep and Cognition; Shift Work
  • Chapter 11: Circadian Rhythms Versus Daily Patterns in Human Physiology
  • Chapter 12: Effects of Light on Circadian Rhythms in Humans
  • Chapter 13: Clock, Sleep and Cognition
  • Chapter 14: Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder - Mechanisms and Treatment Approaches
  • Chapter 15: Shift Work and Human Health
  • Section IV: Clock Interactions Within and Between Individual and the Natural World
  • Chapter 16: Interaction Between Central and Peripheral Clocks
  • Chapter 17: Cells and Circuits for Circadian Photoentrainment in Mammals
  • Chapter 18: Mechanisms of Non-Photic Entrainment
  • Section V: Circadian Clocks, Metabolism and Immune Functions
  • Chapter 19: Circadian Clocks and Metabolism.-Chapter 20: Clock, Hourglass and Physiology
  • Chapter 21: Circadian Clocks and Immune Functions
  • Section VI: Pineal, Melatonin and Biological Timekeeping
  • Chapter 22: Melatonin: The Vertebrate Clock Hormone
  • Chapter 23: Pineal, Melatonin and Biological Timekeeping
  • Chapter 24: Melatonin and Seasonal Plasticity
  • Section VII: Circannual Rhythms, Photoperiodism and Seasonal Behaviours
  • Chapter 25: Circannual Rhythms
  • Chapter 26: Seasonal Changes in Brain and Behavior
  • Chapter 27: Photoperiodic Regulation of Initiation and Termination of Breeding in Subtropical Birds
  • Chapter 28: Molecular Mechanism Regulating Seasonality
  • Chapter 29: Epigenetic Regulation of Seasonality
  • Chapter 30: Insights into the Regulation of Spring Migration in Songbirds.

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