In a new study, preclinical models were used to investigate the role of PER2 in clock regulation to further understand and strengthen the model.
Michael Breus, PhD, writes about sleep hygiene tips for the New Year in Psychology Today. It’s important to look closely at the timing of activities in your daily life and make some adjustments so that your life is...
Astronauts face unique challenges sleeping away from Earth, but finding solutions to their...
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 MoreWhen 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 MoreCircadian 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 MoreQuartz 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 MoreThe 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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At the AAST 2019 annual meeting, Frank Scheer, PhD, shared medical chronobiology research insights...
Read MoreIn 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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As people go through their daily and nightly routines, their digestive tracts follow a routine...
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Sleep timing preferences and patterns can be risk factors for obesity and...
Read MoreThe 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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Light bulb manufacturer Norb has announced the release of the NorbSLEEP light bulb this...
Read MoreOur 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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Researchers in Japan believe that their findings can be used to understand how the suprachiasmatic...
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In early mammalian development, timing is everything. For healthy development to occur, embryos...
Read MoreYahoo News asks a sleep physician about how to nap without disrupting your circadian rhythm. According to Dr. Sujay Kansagra, the director of the Duke Pediatric Neurology Sleep Medicine Program, the ideal afternoon nap should be...
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