paterpeccavi: jtotheizzoe: Tick Tock, Circadian Clock Japanese biologists have tracked the levels of over 50 biological molecules over time to produce this high-resolution map of our body’s natural clock. Our body’s rhythms are far more complicated than just being a “morning person” or “night owl”. We, and other creatures, possess true biological clocks, called circadian rhythms, dependent on things like light/dark cycles, sleep and hormones. Perhaps they aren’t “clocks” in the true sense of a biological “time keeping” device, but we are subject to regular chemical and signaling cycles. Circadian rhythms are how Monarch butterflies navigate across the globe, how plants respond to the seasons, and even how some bacteria turn their metabolic circuits on and off like oscillators. Humans have them too, of course, just more complicated versions. By decoding where a person is in their cycle with high precision, we can direct things like chemotherapy and neural treatments to precisely when they will be most effective. (more at ScienceNOW) :3 okay. This is what I have been studying for the past 3 years, and maybe what I will study for the next 5+. Another cool biological clock is ultradian rhythms. These cycles work over period of 2 hours, influencing activities such as eating and locomotion and sleep.
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Tick Tock, Circadian Clock

Japanese biologists have tracked the levels of over 50 biological molecules over time to produce this high-resolution map of our body’s natural clock.

Our body’s rhythms are far more complicated than just being a “morning person” or “night owl”. We, and other creatures, possess true biological clocks, called circadian rhythms, dependent on things like light/dark cycles, sleep and hormones. Perhaps they aren’t “clocks” in the true sense of a biological “time keeping” device, but we are subject to regular chemical and signaling cycles.

Circadian rhythms are how Monarch butterflies navigate across the globe, how plants respond to the seasons, and even how some bacteria turn their metabolic circuits on and off like oscillators. Humans have them too, of course, just more complicated versions. By decoding where a person is in their cycle with high precision, we can direct things like chemotherapy and neural treatments to precisely when they will be most effective.

(more at ScienceNOW)

:3

okay. This is what I have been studying for the past 3 years, and maybe what I will study for the next 5+. Another cool biological clock is ultradian rhythms. These cycles work over period of 2 hours, influencing activities such as eating and locomotion and sleep.

Source: news.sciencemag.org

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