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For everything there is a season: biological rhythms in psychiatry
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.484
Subject(s) - circadian rhythm , rhythm , neuroscience , sleep deprivation , sleep (system call) , clock , chronobiology , psychology , dark therapy , circadian clock , biology , medicine , computer science , operating system
A new study suggests that a circadian clock gene expressed in skeletal muscle may influence recovery from sleep deprivation, in mice at least. A greater understanding of such mechanisms may provide insights into one of the basic rhythms that rules our lives and disorders associated with disrupted sleep patterns.