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·August 11, 2016·4 min read

Exposing the Brain’s Clock

A new study sheds light on numerous functions of our circadian clock, from how the brain maintains performance during the day to how shift workers struggle to maintain attention during early morning hours.

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·June 28, 2016·4 min read

Honeybee Circadian Rhythms are Affected More by Social Interactions

A new study reports that social time cues override influences of light and darkness in regulating the circadian rhythm of honeybees.

Diagram shows a sleeping and awake mouse with the BK channels.

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·April 14, 2016·4 min read

How We Wake and Fall Asleep

Researchers have identified a molecular pathway that appears to regulate between sleep and wakefulness.

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·March 2, 2016·5 min read

Shedding New Light on the Circadian Clock

Researchers shed light on how the rhythms of daily life are encoded in the brain.

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·October 3, 2015·4 min read

How The Body Keeps Ticking: Identifying the Mechanism That Regulates the Circadian Clock

Researchers have identified a molecular switch which helps regulate the circadian clock and allows the body to keep time.

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·September 16, 2015·4 min read

How a Late Night Caffeine Fix Delays the Human Circadian Clock

A new study reports drinking caffeine during the evening delays the internal body clock by 40 minutes.

This shows the 3D structure of melatonin.

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·September 11, 2015·5 min read

Melatonin May Influence Multiple Sclerosis Disease Activity

A new study reports a small group of people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis experienced improvement to their symptoms during the fall and winter seasons.

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·September 1, 2015·4 min read

Timing as Important as Quality of Sleep

A new study reports shifting sleep patterns has a negative impact on the immune system.

This image shows how light affects the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the circadian cycle.

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·August 13, 2015·4 min read

Mechanism that Controls When We Sleep and When We Wake Discovered

Researchers discover changes in the activity of sodium and potassium channels during the day and night impact the sleep-wake cycle.

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·July 31, 2015·4 min read

Irregular Sleep-Wake Pattern Improves Long-Term Memory in Mice

A new study reports researchers have decoupled the production of IGF2 from the sleep-wake cycle and discovered this improved long-term memory in mice.

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·March 18, 2015·3 min read

Is Overexposure to Artificial Light Affecting Our Health?

Overexposure to artificial light, especially from devices which emit blue light, can suppress melatonin and disrupt the circadian cycle, a new study reports.