FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 19, 2023·5 min readStudy Deepens Understanding of the Regulation of Circadian Rhythms in the Mammalian Central ClockNeural networks play a key role in regulating circadian rhythms through the mediation of cAMP. The findings may help with developing new strategies to manage circadian rhythm problems such as sleep disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 1, 2021·4 min readFight or Flight, Unless Internal Clocks Are DisruptedDaily release of glucocorticoids depends on coordination between the clock gene and activity rhythms of neurons within two parts of the hypothalamus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 2, 2020·5 min readStudy finds dopamine, biological clock link to snacking, overeating and obesityFindings define a connection between reward, dopamine, and circadian pathways in the overeating.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 9, 2019·3 min readBrain tissue kept alive for weeks on an artificial membraneA newly developed microfluidic device allowed researchers to keep tissue from the suprachiasmatic nucleus alive for over 25 days.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 20, 2019·3 min readNewly discovered neural pathway processes acute light to affect sleepStudy challenges the widely accepted belief that all light information is relayed through the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which synchronizes the circadian rhythm.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 10, 2019·3 min readNew Role for Astrocytes in Controlling Circadian RhythmsAstrocytes may lead the tempo of the body's internal clock and control patterns of daily behavior, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 13, 2018·4 min readThe VIPs of the Nervous SystemResearchers have unlocked a cure for jet lag by activating VIP neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·May 9, 2018·4 min readStudy Links Breast Cancer to Body’s Internal ClockResearchers have found an association between the Per2 gene and breast cancer. The Per2 gene plays an important role in both the body's circadian clock and mammary gland development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 18, 2017·3 min readCells in the Retina Light the Way to Treating Jet LagResearchers have discovered a group of neurons in the retina that affect circadian rhythm by sending signals to the SCN.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·March 25, 2017·7 min readAstrocytes Keep Time For Brain and BehaviorA new study reveals astrocytes play an surprisingly important role in the body's circadian clock.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 12, 2017·4 min readBrain Hardwired to Respond to Others’ Itching: Mouse StudyAccording to researchers, socially contagious itching may be hard wired in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 22, 2016·7 min readWhy You Don’t Feel Jet Lagged When You Run a FeverResearchers report on a link between core body temperature and circadian rhythm in mice.Read More
