Ultradian Rhythms in Life Processes: Inquiry into Fundamental Principles of Chronobiology and Psychobiology - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 354019746X ISBN 13: 9783540197461

Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1992

Riassunto

The text brings together the evidence for the fundamental significance of ultradian rhythms at all levels of organization. In lower eukaryotes, short-period rhythms (30-70 minutes) are coupled to an ultradian clock which serves as a central time-keeper. In metazoans, similar rhythms are necessary for inter-cell communication, and temporal coupling for the co-ordination of integrated functions of tissues and organs in order to provide the "homodynamics" of the whole organism. Electrical, endocrine and behavioural rhythms characterize both wakefulness and sleep, and pathologically disordered states give rise to dynamic diseases. This text traces a continuum from the molecular genetic, through the cellular and neuroendocrine, to the behaviour and psychosocial levels. Specialist chapters devoted to each of these topics (each with a general introductory section and some speculative discussions) are provided. Many of the results presented are recent and novel, with far-reaching consequences for our understanding of health and diseases.

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From the contents: Part I: The Molecular-Genetic-Cellular Level: Intracellular timekeeping.- Rhythms of protein synthesis and other circahoralian oscillations.- Oscillations and cancer.- Genetic and molecular analysis of ultradian rhythms in Drosophila.- Part II: The Neuroendocrinal and Developmental Level: Endocrine ultradian rhythms during sleep and wakefulness.- Phase plots of temporal oscillations.- Ontogenesis of ultradian biological rhythms.- Ultradian rhythms of metabolism, endocrinology and behaviour.- Part III: The Behavioral and Psychosocial Level: Ultradian behaviour cycles in humans.- The basic rest-activity cycle, 32 years later: An interview with Nathanial Kleitman at 96.- Reality, stress, and imagination in temporal isolation experiments: An interview with Rütger Wever.- Human biological rhythms - the unification hypothesis of chronobiology and psychobiology.

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• Editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 354019746X
• ISBN 13: 9783540197461
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Redattore: Lloyd David, Rossi Ernest Lawrence
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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