Systemic and cellular reflections on ageing and the circadian oscillator - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 427-434

  Brown, Steven A ^a   Pagani, Lucia ^b   Cajochen, Christian ^c   Eckert, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Neurobiology Laboratory for Brain Aging and Mental Health   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Circadian rhythm; Physiology

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; PROLACTIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL AGING; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISCIPLINE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS;

EID: 80052458025     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320673     Document Type: Review

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