Mechanisms of Circadian Systems in Animals and Their Clinical Relevance

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Aguilar-Roblero, Raúl. (Editor), Díaz-Muñoz, Mauricio. (Editor), Fanjul-Moles, Mária Luisa. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08945-4
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to Circadian Rhythms, Clocks and its Genes
  • 2. Oxidative Stress and its Role in the Synchronization of Circadian Rhythms in Crustaceans, an Ecological Perspective
  • 3. Control of Rest: Activity Behavior by the Central Clock in Drosophila
  • 4. Biological Rhythmicity in Subterranean Animals, a Function Risking Extinction?
  • 5. Avian Circadian Organization
  • 6. Functional Organization of Circadian Timing System of Diurnal Primate (Marmoset)
  • 7. Intracellular Calcium as a Clock Output from Suprachiasmatic Nuclei Neurons
  • 8. GABAA Receptor-Mediated Neurotransmission in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
  • 9. Network Properties in the SCN Function
  • 10. Behavioral, Physiological and Neuroendocrine Circadian Rhythms during Lactation
  • 11. A Time to Wake, a Time to Sleep
  • 12. Chronostasis: The Timing of Physiological Systems
  • 13. Circadian rhythm and Food/Nutrition
  • 14. Physiopathology of Circadian Rhythms: Understanding the Biochemical Mechanisms of Obesity and Cancer
  • 15. Effects of Circadian Disruption on Physiology and Pathology: from Bench to Clinic (and Back)
  • 16. Circadian Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease
  • 17. Is it Possible to Modify Clock Genes to Improve Health?.