Activating specific neurons in a part of the brain that serves as the body's master circadian pacemaker caused mice to eat ...

Takashi Maejima, Yusuke Tsuno, Shota Miyazaki, Yousuke Tsuneoka, Emi Hasegawa, Md Tarikul Islam, Ryosuke Enoki, Takahiro J. Nakamura, Michihiro Mieda Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of ...

Scientists are uncovering the far-reaching influence of physical activity on our circadian rhythms. They believe the emerging findings have implications both for health and athletic performance. When ...

Tweaking the numbers of receptors in a key brain area changes the daily rhythms of rest and wake in mice. In humans and other animals, signals from a central circadian clock in the brain generate the ...

Research highlights the hepatic vagal nerve’s role in regulating food intake rhythms, offering new insights for potential anti-obesity treatments. Study: Hepatic Vagal Afferents Convey Clock-Dependent ...

Circadian rhythms regulate the sleep-wake cycle, hormone secretion, metabolism, immune responses, and even patterns of eating and digestion. They help preserve genomic stability, control the cell ...

While most organisms have biological clocks synchronized with the day-night cycle (circadian rhythms), marine animals in tidal areas have also developed circatidal rhythms to align with the tidal ...

Your body’s internal clock isn’t just about feeling sleepy – it’s orchestrating a complex hormonal ballet that affects everything from your mood to your metabolism. We often think about sleep as ...

On the one hand, circadian rhythm disorder contributes to tumor growth and metastasis by influencing the dysregulation of gene expression affecting the tumor itself. On the other hand, circadian ...

This is the third column in a series about the importance of adequate sleep for optimal physical and mental health, based on the book “Why We Sleep,” by sleep scientist Matthew Walker, PhD. Circadian ...