Sentences with phrase «peripheral circadian clocks»

«In order to completely relieve jet lag, it is necessary to adjust both the central and peripheral circadian clocks.

Not exact matches

But circadian rhythms are also present in peripheral «clocks» in many cell types.

Results suggest a revised model of circadian entrainment, with the adaptation of the internal clock by external time cue, resulting in a mode of photic entrainment in which light can in parallel reset central and peripheral clocks.

This challenges and disproves the commonly held notion that circadian rhythms were strictly organized in a hierarchical manner, and that light resets the master clock in the SCN, which then coordinates the other, subordinate clocks in peripheral tissues.

«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.»

This research is important, however, because it not only shows us what might be going wrong in folks with circadian - related disorders, but also helps us to understand how we can manipulate peripheral clocks to help these people.»

The clock genes that govern the 24 - hour circadian rhythms of the body also function in similar cycles in peripheral cells outside the brain, researchers have found.

According to Dr. Lori Rose, who is my co-author for this post, that's because our digestive tract contains a «peripheral body clock» that syncs up with our 24 - hour circadian rhythm, and periods of daily feasting / fasting help «set» the clock in the same way that light and dark does.

These findings demonstrate that the adipocyte circadian clock acts at the interface between the central nervous system and the predominant peripheral energy storage tissue to coordinate the temporal organization of feeding behavior and maintain energy balance.