Ebook: Circadian Clocks

The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology 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 volume explores circadian rhythms.

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The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology 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 volume explores circadian rhythms.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Circadian Rhythms....Pages 3-6
The Entrainment of Circadian Systems....Pages 7-43
Conceptual Issues in the Ecology and Evolution of Circadian Rhythms....Pages 45-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Circadian Rhythms in Unicellular Organisms....Pages 61-77
Circadian Systems of Invertebrates....Pages 79-110
Circadian Organization in Nonmammalian Vertebrates....Pages 111-140
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus....Pages 141-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Photic Entrainment in Mammals....Pages 183-222
Food-Entrainable Oscillators in Mammals....Pages 223-246
Development of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms....Pages 247-290
Aging of the Mammalian Circadian System....Pages 291-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Molecular Genetics of Circadian Rhythms in Neurospora, a Prototypic Circadian System....Pages 321-334
Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Molluscan Circadian Pacemakers....Pages 335-350
Cellular Mechanisms of Circadian Function in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus....Pages 351-369
Mammalian Clock Genetics....Pages 371-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-432
Processes Underlying the Regulation of the Sleep-Wake Cycle....Pages 433-453
Mammalian Photoperiodism....Pages 455-455
Circannual Rhythms Mammals....Pages 457-479
Front Matter....Pages 481-508
Human Circadian Physiology and Sleep-Wake Regulation....Pages 509-528
Rhythms of Human Performance....Pages 529-529
Circadian Rhythms, Aging and Dementia....Pages 531-569
Circadian Rhythms in Affective Disorders....Pages 571-601
Sleep Disorders....Pages 603-623
Circadian Modulation of Endocrine Secretion....Pages 625-644
Seasonal Photoperiodic Responses of the Human Circadian System....Pages 645-683
Back Matter....Pages 685-714
....Pages 715-744