Circadian rhythms, the biological oscillations based around our
24-hour clock, have a profound effect on human physiology and
healthy cellular function. Circadian Rhythms: Health and
Disease is a wide-ranging foundational text that provides
students and researchers with valuable information on the molecular
and genetic underpinnings of circadian rhythms and looks at the
impacts of disruption in our biological clocks in health and
disease.
Circadian Rhythms opens with chapters that lay the
fundamental groundwork on circadian rhythm biology. Section II
looks at the impact of circadian rhythms on major organ systems.
Section III then turns its focus to the central nervous system. The
book then closes with a look at the role of biological rhythms in
aging and neurodegeneration.
Written in an accessible and informative
style, Circadian Rhythms: Health and Disease, will be an
invaluable resource and entry point into this fascinating
interdisciplinary field that brings together aspects of
neuroscience, cell and molecular biology, and physiology.
Sobre el autor
Christopher S. Colwell is a neuroscientist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatriary and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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