Circadian Clocks /

The <STRONG>Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiolog</STRONG><EM>y</EM> series deals with the aspects of neurosciences that have the most direct and immediate bearing on behavior. It presents the most current research available in the specific areas of sensory modalities. This volu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Takahashi, Joseph S.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Turek, Fred W., Moore, Robert Y.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 2001.
Series:Handbook of behavioral neurobiology ; 12.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Entrainment of Circadian Rhythm
  • Conceptual Issues in the Ecology and Evolution of Circadian Rhythms
  • Circadian Rhythms in Unicellular Organisms
  • Circadian Systems of Invertebrates
  • Circadian Organization in Nonmammalian Vertebrates
  • Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
  • Photic Entrainment of Mammals
  • Food-Entrainable Oscillators in Mammals
  • Development of Mammalian Rhythms
  • Aging of the Mammalian Circadian System
  • Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Regulation in the Unicellular Dinoflagellate
  • Molecular Genetics of Circadian Rhythms in Nuerospora, a Prototypic Circadian System
  • Circadian Timekeeps in Drosophila
  • Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Molluscan Circadian Pacemakers
  • Cellular Mechanisms of Circadian Function in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
  • Mammalian Clock Genetics
  • Processes Underlying the Regulation of the Sleep-Wake Cycle
  • Mammalian Photoperiodism
  • Circannual Rythms: Mammals
  • Human Circadian Physiology and Sleep-Wake Regulation
  • Rhythms of Human Performance
  • Circadian Rythms, Aging and Dementia, Circadian Rhythms in Affective Disorders
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Circadian Modulation of Endocrine Secretion
  • Seasonal Photoperiodic Responses of the Human Circadian System.