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Circadian Clocks: Role in Health and Disease
This book sheds new light on the molecular mechanisms that generate circadian rhythms. It examines how biological rhythms influence physiological processes such as sleep, hormone synthesis and secretion, immunity, kidney function, the cardiovascular system, blood pressure, and the digestive system....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Colección: | Physiology in Health and Disease,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction and Mechanism of the Circadian Clock
- Circadian Rhythms in the Endocrine System
- Circadian Regulation of Sleep
- Circadian Rhythms in Neurological Disease
- Role of the Clock in Metabolism and Obesity
- Circadian Control of Renal Function
- Circadian Rhythms in the Vasculature
- The Cardiac Clock
- Regulation of Immunity by the Circadian Clock
- Rhythms in the Gastrointestinal System
- Chronotherapy in the Treatment of Cancer
- Chronotherapy in the Treatment of Hypertension.-The Circadian Clock as a Drug Target.-.