Sentences with phrase «circadian rhythm disruption»

A five - week study found that prolonged sleep restriction combined with circadian rhythm disruption significantly decreased participants» resting metabolic rate by an average of 8 % (18).

«We found that the majority of students were being jet - lagged by their class times, which correlated very strongly with decreased academic performance,» said study co-lead author Benjamin Smarr, a postdoctoral fellow who studies circadian rhythm disruptions in the lab of UC Berkeley psychology professor Lance Kriegsfeld.

Shift workers are at especially high risk for circadian rhythm disruptions, because of their non-traditional schedules.

Animal studies indicate that genetically induced circadian rhythm disruption lowers sperm count by up to 70 percent.

If circadian rhythm disruption is more sensitive to deficiency than night blindness, then it may occur in the absence of other clinical signs, at serum retinol concentrations within the reference range, and at vitamin A intakes above the RDA.

«This suggests that resetting specific peripheral tissue clocks may be an underestimated target for restoring circadian alignment, and possibly to counteract disorders associated with circadian rhythm disruption.»

Working outside the normal 9 - to - 5 also impacted fertility, which researchers speculate has to do with circadian rhythm disruption.

In addition to circadian rhythm disruption, elevated levels of psychological stress can also aggravate IBS.

(14) In humans, circadian rhythm disruption may be induced by abnormal sleep schedules and exposure to blue light at night from electronic devices.