Circadian physiology
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Roberto Refinetti
- ناشر : Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780849322334
Description
Preface -- About the author -- Acknowledgments -- Software installation -- Part 1. History and methods. Chapter 1. Early research on circadian rhythms -- Chapter 2. Research methods in circadian physiology -- Chapter 3. Analysis of circadian rhythmicity -- Part 2. Phenomenology. Chapter 4. Ultradian and infradian rhythms -- Chapter 5. Daily and circadian rhythms -- Part 3. Mechanisms. Chapter 6. Endogenous mechanisms -- Chapter 7. Photic environmental mechanisms -- Chapter 8. Nonphotic environmental mechanisms -- Chapter 9. Integration of mechanisms -- Chapter 10. Homeostasis and circadian rhythmicity -- Part 4. Physical substrates. Chapter 11. Receptors -- Chapter 12. Pacemakers -- Chapter 13. Afference and efference -- Part 5. Applications. Chapter 14. Optimal timing on earth and in space -- Chapter 15. Jet lag and shift work -- Chapter 16. Human medicine -- Chapter 17. Pet selection and veterinary medicine -- Dictionary of circadian physiology -- Organisms used -- Index.
This book highlights the basic processes and latest research findings in circadian biology and describes how this knowledge applies to the prevention of jet lag and the malaise associated with shift work, the treatment of sleep disorders and depression, and the timing for effective administration of medicines. The second edition is updated to include recent research developments such as the discovery of new retinal photoreceptors, the identification of several non-hypothalamic circadian pacemakers, and the elucidation of genomic and proteomic mechanisms of biological timing. Each chapter includes a summary, exercises, and suggestions for further reading.
