Scientists ID New Circadian Clock Mechanism
The suprachiasmatic nucleus depends on multiple mechanisms to ensure rhythmic electrical activity that varies between day and night.
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LatestWhat New Research Says About Melatonin and Sleep
The body’s own melatonin production is essential to circadian rhythm regulation, and the maintenance of daily sleep-wake cycles, but research also shows that this hormone plays a role in preventing a number...
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Light Therapy for Better Sleep
The benefits of lighting that helps us sleep, improves our mood, reduces depression, or makes us feel more alert on the job are, simply put, priceless. An expert from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute explains how to make light therapy successful in clinical settings.
How Circadian Rhythm Changes the Way Mammals Can See
How mammals perceive light changes between night and day. Researchers at Aalto University and the...
Read MoreStudy: Light Pollution Can Suppress Melatonin Production in Humans
Researchers from Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) analyzed data on the impact of light pollution on melatonin formation in humans and vertebrates. They found that even low light levels can...
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Researchers Develop Algorithm to Optimize sleep and Light Exposure to Reduce Jet Lag
Engineers affiliated with the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) Center at...
Read MoreNight Mode Could Actually be Worse for Your Sleep Pattern, Study Finds
Blue light might not be disrupting your sleep pattern after all, or at least not as much as night mode does, according to new research. That’s the word from University of Manchester scientists, who said...
Read MoreThe Circadian Rhythms of Teens
When kids go through adolescence, they experience a natural delay in their circadian rhythms because their bodies begin producing the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin later in the evening.The American Academy of...
Read MoreWhat Drives Circadian Rhythms at the Poles?
Circadian clocks coordinate the organism to the alternating cycles of day and night. Scientists have studied how these clocks work in polar regions where days or nights can last for weeks. In temperate latitudes, the right...
Read MoreBlue Light Isn’t the Main Cause of Eye Fatigue and Sleep Loss
Quartz reports that laboratory studies have shown that prolonged exposure to high-intensity blue light damages retinal cells in mice. But, epidemiological studies on real people tell a different story. One...
Read MoreNZ Starlight Conference: Is Light Pollution the Next Global Crisis?
The amount of artificial light humans are being exposed to is increasing at double the rate of population growth, delegates at the New Zealand Starlight Conference in Tekapo were told, reports Stuff.co.nz. Alexander Tups, Centre...
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Is Circadian Rhythm Disruption Leading to an Increase in Preventable Diseases?
At the AAST 2019 annual meeting, Frank Scheer, PhD, shared medical chronobiology research insights...
Read MoreMouse Study Provides Insights Into Why Bright Light Keeps Animals Awake
In recent decades, scientists have learned a great deal about how different neurons connect and send signals to each other. But it’s been difficult to trace the activity of individual nerve fibers known as axons, some of...
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Targeting Clock Genes Could Help Counter Effect of Erratic Sleep Schedules on GI Problems
As people go through their daily and nightly routines, their digestive tracts follow a routine...
Read MoreBrain Activity Intensity Drives Need for Sleep
The intensity of brain activity during the day, notwithstanding how long we’ve been awake, appears to increase our need for sleep, according to a new UCL study in zebrafish. The research, published in Neuron, found a...
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Chronotype, Social Jet Lag Associated With Higher Waist Size, Fat Mass in Adolescent Girls
Sleep timing preferences and patterns can be risk factors for obesity and...
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Circadian Rhythm: New Line of Light Bulbs Provide the Right Light for Different Times of the Day
Light bulb manufacturer Norb has announced the release of the NorbSLEEP light bulb this...
Read MoreBody Clock: What Is the Worst Time of Day to Get Sick?
Our internal body clocks govern more than just when we sleep but also determine how our immune systems perform and how we heal. And we might be able to use this to keep us healthier, reports the BBC. Take a good hard look at the...
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