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The Neurobiology of Circadian Timing

  • 1st Edition, Volume 199 - August 17, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: A. Kalsbeek, Martha Merrow, Till Roenneberg, Russell G. Foster
  • Language: English

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Approx.498 pages

Key features

  • Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation, and provide their views and perspectives for future research
  • Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered
  • All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

Readership

Neuroscientists, psychologists, neurologists

Table of contents

  1. How Rod, Cone and Melanopsin Photoreceptors Come Together to Enlighten the Mammalian Circadian Clock
    2.

    Robert J Lucas, Gurprit S Lall, Annette E Allen and Timothy M Brown

  2. Melanopsin Phototransduction: Slowly Emerging from the Dark

    3.

    Steven Hughes, Mark W. Hankins, Russell G. Foster and Stuart N. Peirson

  3. Circadian Clocks: Lessons From Fish

    4.

    M. Laura Idda, Cristiano Bertolucci, Daniela Vallone, Yoav Gothilf, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Vázquez and Nicholas S. Foulkes

  4. Two Clocks in the Brain – An Update of the Morning and Evening Oscillator Model in Drosophila

    5.

    Taishi Yoshii, Dirk Rieger and Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

  5. Circadian System from Conception Till Adulthood

    6.

    Alena Sumova, Martin Sladek, Lenka Polidarova, Marta Novakova and Pavel Houdek

  6. When does it start Ticking? Ontogenetic Development of the Mammalian Circadian System

    7. Elmar Christ, Horst-Werner Korf and Charlotte von Gall

  7. The Circadian Output Signals from the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei

    8.

    Jia-Da Li, Wang-Ping Hu and Qun-Yong Zhou

  8. Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Cellular Clocks and Networks

    9.

    Sato Honma, Daisuke Ono, Yohko Suzuki, Natsuko Inagaki, Tomoko Yoshikawa, Wataru Nakamura and Ken-ichi Honma

  9. Dynamic Neuronal Network Organization of the Circadian Clock, and Possible Deterioration in Disease

    10.

    Johanna H. Meijer, Christopher S. Colwell, Jos H.T. Rohling, Thijs Houben and Stephan Michel

  10. Interaction of Central and Peripheral Clocks in Physiological Regulation

    11.

    Johanna L. Barclay, Anthony H. Tsang and Henrik Oster

  11. Circadian Rhythms in White Adipose Tissue

    R. van der Spek, F. Kreier, E. Fliers and A. Kalsbeek

  12. Circadian Modulation of Sleep in Rodents

    13.

    Roman Yasenkov and Tom Deboer

  13. Local Aspects of Sleep: Observations from Intracerebral Recordings in Humans

    14.

    Lino Nobili, Luigi De Gennaro, Paola Proserpio, Fabio Moroni, Simone Sarasso, Andrea Pigorini, Fabrizio De Carli and Michele Ferrara

  14. The Circadian Clock Component PERIOD2: From Molecular to Cerebral Functions

    Jürgen A. Ripperger and Urs Albrecht

  15. Generation of Mouse Mutants as Tools in Dissecting the Molecular Clock

    16.

    Sneha N. Anand, Jessica K. Edwards and Patrick M. Nolan

  16. In Search of a Temporal Niche: Social Interactions

    17.

    Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz, Matthew J. Paul and William J. Schwartz

  17. In Search of a Temporal Niche: Environmental Factors

    18.

    Roelof A. Hut, Noga Kronfeld-Schor, Vincent Van der Vinne and Horacio De la Iglesia

  18. Feedback Actions of Locomotor Activity to The Circadian Clock

    19.

    Alun T.L. Hughes and Hugh D. Piggins

  19. The Impact of The Circadian Timing System on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Function

    20.

    Christopher J. Morris, Jessica N. Yang and Frank A.J.L. Scheer

  20. Nutrition and The Circadian Timing System

    21.

    D.J. Stenvers, C.F. Jonkers, E. Fliers, P.H.L.T. Bisschop and A. Kalsbeek

  21. Managing Neurobehavioral Capability when Social Expediency Trumps Biological Imperatives

    22.

    Andrea M. Spaeth, Namni Goel and David F. Dinges

  22. Noisy and Individual, but Doable: Shift-Work Research in Humans

    23.

    Thomas Kantermann, Sophie M.T. Wehrens, Melissa A. Ulhôa, Claudia Moreno and Debra J. Skene

  23. The Evolutionary Physiology of Photoperiodism in Vertebrates

    24.

    David Hazlerigg

  24. A Kiss for Daily and Seasonal Reproduction

    25.

    V. Simonneaux, I. Bur, C. Ancel, L. Ansel and P. Klosen

  25. Circannual Rhythm in the Varied Carpet Beetle, Anthrenus verbasci

    26.

    Yosuke Miyazaki, Tomoyosi Nisimura and Hideharu Numata

  26. Avian Migration: Temporal Multi-Tasking and a Case Study of Melatonin Cycles in Waders

    27. Barbara Helm, Eberhard Gwinner, Anita Koolhaas, Phil Battley, Ingrid Schwabl, Anne Dekinga and Theunis Piersma

Review quotes

"Neurological scientists and other researchers from a wide range of biomedical specialties review current research into the neurological dimensions of animals' sense of time."—Reference and Research Book News, October 2013

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 199
  • Published: September 21, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editors

AK

A. Kalsbeek

Affiliations and expertise
The Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

TR

Till Roenneberg

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Chronobiology, Centre for Chronobiology, Institute for Medical Psychology Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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