Biological clocks: who in this place set up a sundial?

Russell G Foster

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.031

Biological clocks: who in this place set up a sundial?

Curr Biol. 2012 May 22;22(10):R405-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.031.

Author

Russell G Foster¹

Affiliation

¹ Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK. russell.foster@eye.ox.ac.uk

PMID: 22625858
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.031

Abstract

How do circadian rhythms, alarm clocks and the light/dark cycle interact? The concept of social jetlag is informing our appreciation of the tensions and consequences of imposing an artificial temporal order upon our biology.

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Female
Humans
Male
Obesity / etiology*
Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm / complications*