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Circadian Rhythms - Articles
Time to get high- Circadian rhythms and drug use
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Adi Jaffe
Posted
Sat 01 May 2010 8:42pm
Like most living creatures, humans have internal biological clocks known as circadian rhythms . These internal cycles synchronize our bodies with the Earth’s 24-hour day/night cycle and prepare us for predictable daily events (1). Circadian rhythms regulate a number of bodily functions including temperature, hormone secretion
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Circadian Rhythms: Zeitgebers, Entrainment, and Non-Photic Stimuli
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Mark S.
Posted
Wed 21 Jul 2010 12:37pm
– all life – has learned to rely on. Our internal clocks, known as circadian rhythms, tend to match up with this established external cycle. In essentially all known forms of life, from the earliest cells and bacteria to plants and mammals, the circadian rhythm is characterized by a period of around 24 hours.
You might recall a previous MDA series on how
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The Role of Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders (CRSD)
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Snoozester ..
Posted
Wed 16 Feb 2011 12:47pm
A person’s circadian rhythm is an internal biological clock that regulates many physiological systems according to an approximate 24 hour cycle. The key feature of a circadian rhythm disorder is an occasional or continuous disruption in sleep patterns. It is often mistaken for Insomnia, especially if the symptoms persist over a longer period
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Body temperature changes regulate circadian rhythm
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Sun 17 Oct 2010 12:00am
the body’s circadian rhythm, the 24-hour cycle that controls metabolism, sleep and other bodily functions, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX... known that body temperature fluctuates in warm-blooded animals throughout the day on a 24-hour, or circadian, rhythm, but the new study shows that temperature actually controls
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Sound Cues and Circadian Rhythms
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Mark S.
Posted
Thu 22 Jul 2010 9:06am
Yesterday, I showed how environmental, behavioral, and social cues act as zeitgebers to human circadian rhythms , and I tried to be as thorough as possible (without... it, but it was someone’s offhand reference to the notion of the calls of songbirds affecting our circadian rhythms that convinced me I should do a follow-up to the blue light piece from earlier
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Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
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Danielle Tate
Posted
Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:54am
"Circadian rhythm sleep disorder" is the official name for it. I describe it as "my brain doesn't know when it's day or night". I can be tired at 11 a.m. or tired at 3 a.m. and it's just about completely unpredictable. Apparently I'm unusually sensitive to the upheaval caused by artificial lighting. When I don't keep it carefully in check, my sleep
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Chronic Drinking Linked to Circadian Disruptions
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Medline Plus
Posted
Wed 25 Aug 2010 1:00pm
. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic drinking can disrupt production of the genes that control the body's daily biological (circadian) rhythms, leading to problems such as sleep... expression is closely related to circadian rhythm dysfunction and might link to a variety of physiological problems, such as sleep/wake cycle dysregulation, depression, and even cancer
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Living With Rhythm
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Lynn E.
Posted
Fri 17 Oct 2008 9:01pm
Developing rhythms in sleeping, eating, and eliminating brings greater order. Eating before the sun goes down, and rising before the sun comes up, allows the power within and the power below to align with the circadian rhythms of the sun. When our neuroendocrine systems are aligned with the circadian rhythms of the sun, there is greater order
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sunrise, sunset
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Laura
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 9:35pm
Some interesting work in the Czech Republic:
Normalizing effect of bright light therapy on temperature circadian rhythm in patients with eating disorders
CONCLUSION: The light therapy normalized temperature circadian rhythm in patient with eating disorders. We hypothesize that the light therapy can also contribute to improvement
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