Main description:

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

Contents:

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