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Circadian Physiology

Copyright Year 2016

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Book Description

Circadian rhythms influence most of our life activities, notably getting up and going to sleep every day. This new edition of Circadian Physiology delves into the mechanisms surrounding how these rhythms work, the physiology and biology backside them, and the latest research on this cut-edge field. The book also discusses a broad variety of practical topics including the prevention of jet lag, direction of shift work, sleep disorders, depression, and the optimal times for physical and intellectual activities.

To facilitate its utilize as a textbook, the volume contains summaries, suggestions for further reading, links to pertinent websites, and exercises at the end of each chapter. It also includes software for data analysis, tutorials, and simulation programs discussed throughout the text. In addition, more than a thousand references have been added, resulting in a full of more than 6000 references.

The text has been thoroughly updated every bit a consequence of major advances in recent years. This edition adds word on the anatomical and physiological label of photoresponsive ganglionic cells in the mammalian retina, molecular cyclic clocks in cells of multiple organs other than the hypothalamus and the pineal gland, and advances in the understanding of post-translational mechanisms in the functioning of the molecular clock.

Table of Contents

HISTORY AND METHODS

Early on Research on Circadian Rhythms

Remote Past
Twentieth Century
Current Trends
Ethics of Animal Inquiry
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Farther Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Research Methods in Circadian Physiology
Scientific Method
Research on Populations and Organisms
Research on Organs, Cells, and Molecules
Research on the Environment
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Analysis of Circadian Rhythmicity
Data Analysis
Parameters of Cyclic Rhythms
Statistical Significance
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

PHENOMENOLOGY

Ultradian and Infradian Rhythms
Environmental Rhythms
Ultradian Rhythms
Infradian Rhythms
Annual Rhythms
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Daily and Circadian Rhythms
Ecology and Populational Rhythms
Behavioral Rhythms
Autonomic Rhythms
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Farther Reading
Websites to Explore
References

MECHANISMS

Endogenous Mechanisms
Endogenous Rhythmicity
Inheritance Mechanisms
Single or Multiple Oscillators
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Farther Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Photic Environmental Mechanisms
Nonparametric Theory of Entrainment
Photic Parameters
Synthesis and Models
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Farther Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Nonphotic Ecology Mechanisms
Nonphotic Entrainment
Searching for a Common Machinery
Separate Food-Entrainable Pacemaker
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Integration of Mechanisms
Internal Temporal Lodge
Ecology and Evolution
Lifetime Changes
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Homeostasis and Circadian Rhythmicity
Temperature Regulation
Sleep, Feeding, and Free energy Expenditure
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Concrete SUBSTRATES

Receptors

Sensory Input
Photic Receptors
Nonphotic Receptors
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Pacemakers

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Cellular Processes
Molecular Processes
Other Pacemakers
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
References

Afference and Efference
Afferent Pathways
Efferent Pathways
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

APPLICATIONS

Optimal Timing on Globe and in Space
Patterns of Human Mobility
Best Time for Sports and Intellectual Activities
Infinite Exploration
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Jet-Lag and Shift Work
Jet-Lag Syndrome
Shift-Work Malaise
Daylight-Saving Time
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Farther Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Human Medicine
Chronotherapeutics
Sleep Disorders
Depression
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Pet Selection and Veterinary Medicine
Pet Selection
Veterinary Medicine
Summary
Exercises
Suggestions for Further Reading
Websites to Explore
References

Appendix A: Assessment of Learning

Appendix B: Dictionary of Cyclic Physiology

Appendix C: Organisms Used

Writer(s)

Biography

Roberto Refinetti, PhD, is a physiological psychology professor, circadian physiology researcher, and chair of the section of psychology at Boise Country University in Idaho, USA. He is also a fellow member of the graduate kinesthesia of the University of Messina (Italy) and was formerly associated with the University of South Carolina, the University of Virginia, the University of Illinois, the University of São Paulo (Brazil), and the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he earned his doctorate. His research program in circadian physiology, which concentrates on the integration of cyclic and homeostatic mechanisms, has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Professor Refinetti is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Circadian Rhythms and of the interdisciplinary journal Sexuality & Civilisation.

Reviews

Praise for the Previous Edition:
"... the text remains ane of the few comprehensive and scientific introductions to circadian physiology ..."
—Roy Shephard, MD, PhD, Applied Physiology, University of Toronto, Canada