circadian rhythms
UNC scientists pinpoint link between light signal and circadian rhythms
Chapel Hill, NC — In a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine, and his colleagues ha…
Internal body clock controls fat metabolism, UCI study shows
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 15, 2010 — UC Irvine researchers have discovered that circadian rhythms — the internal body clock — regulate fat metabolism. This helps explain why people burn fat more efficiently at certain times of day and could lea…
Scripps Research scientists identify new mechanism regulating daily biological rhythms
JUPITER, FL, November 9, 2010 — For Immediate Release — Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified for the first time a novel mechanism that regulates circadian rhythm, the master clock that controls the…
Tick tock: Rods help set internal clocks, biologist says
We run our modern lives largely by the clock, from the alarms that startle us out of our slumbers and herald each new workday to the watches and clocks that remind us when it’s time for meals, after-school pick-up and the like.
In addition to t…
Light, circadian rhythms affect vast range of physiological, behavioral functions
CORVALLIS, Ore. — A new study of the genetic basis of circadian rhythms — the biological responses related to daily light exposure — has found that a few minutes of light exposure in a fungus directly affects a huge range of its biological f…