Therapeutic Implications of Circadian Rhythms

• Main Author: Erquan Zhang (auth)
• Other Authors: Guangrui Yang (auth), Han Wang (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Pharmacology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Central Nervous System; Therapeutic implications; Circadian Clocks; Clinical relevance; Circadian Rhythm; Metabolism; circadian disruption
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Circadian rhythms are biological processes displaying endogenous and entrainable oscillations of about 24 hours. They are driven by a group of genes called clock genes that have been widely observed in plants, animals and even in bacteria. In mammals, the core clock genes are rhythmically expressed...