Inter-Individual Differences In Habitual Sleep Timing and Entrained Phase of Endogenous Circadian Rhythms of BMAL1, PER2 and PER3 mRNA in Human Leukocytes
Author(s) -
Simon Archer,
Antoine Viola,
Vanessa Kyriakopoulou,
Malcolm von Schantz,
DerkJan Dijk
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/31.5.608
Subject(s) - per2 , circadian rhythm , actigraphy , endocrinology , medicine , melatonin , clock , circadian clock , free running sleep , dark therapy , light effects on circadian rhythm , biology , endogeny , psychology
Individual sleep timing differs and is governed partly by circadian oscillators, which may be assessed by hormonal markers, or by clock gene expression. Clock gene expression oscillates in peripheral tissues, including leukocytes. The study objective was to determine whether the endogenous phase of these rhythms, assessed in the absence of the sleep-wake and light-dark cycle, correlates with habitual sleep-wake timing.
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