«To us, our results are consistent with what we already knew about these receptors, but they definitely show that
chronic circadian disruption alone leads to malfunction of these receptors,» Fu adds.
Not exact matches
Disruption of the
circadian clock in humans is a hallmark of relatively recent lifestyle changes involving
chronic shift work or frequent flights across time zones.
Furthermore,
disruption of the body's natural sleeping and waking cycle (
circadian desynchrony) often experienced by shift workers and others who work outside daylight hours, also appears to have a clear association with poor metabolic health, accompanied by increased rates of
chronic illness and early mortality.
Some researchers even promote the theory that the
disruption of natural
circadian rhythm from (blue) light after dark is a big contributing factor to the rise in obesity and
chronic disease.