Chronobiology: Biological Timing in Health and Disease

This special volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on chronobiology.

Martha Gillette (Volume editor)

9780123969712

Hardback, published 24 September 2013

376 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.6 kg

Praise for the series: "Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal

This special volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on chronobiology.

1. The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and the Circadian Timing System
   Robert Y. Moore
2. Epigenetic Control and the Circadian Clock
   Kristin Eckel-Mahan and Paolo Sassone-Corsi
3. Diversity of Human Clock Genotypes and Consequences
   Luoying Zhang, Louis J. Ptácek, and Ying-Hui Fu
4. Peripheral Circadian Oscillators: Time and Food
   Ruud Buijs, Roberto Salgado, Elizabeth Sabath, and Carolina Escobar
5. Circadian Clocks, Food Intake and Metabolism
   Etienne Challet
6. Control of Sleep and Wakefulness in Health and Disease
   Jamie M. Zeitzer
7. Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Deprivation and Human Performance
   Namni Goel, Mathias Basner, Hengyi Rao, and David F. Dinges
8. Timing, Sleep, and Respiration in Health and Disease
   Gordon F. Buchanan
9. The Circadian Clock in Cancer Development and Therapy
   Loning Fu and Nicole M. Kettner
10. Health Consequences of Circadian Disruption in Humans and Animal Models
    Jennifer A. Evans and Alec J. Davidson
11. Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disruption in Social Jetlag and Mental Illness
    Russell G. Foster, Stuart N. Peirson, Katharina Wulff, Eva Winnebeck, Céline Vetter, and Till Roenneberg
    

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Biochemistry [PSB], Physiology [MFG]