Circadian rhythms are governed by a master clock, a group of neurons called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, located in a region of the brain called the hypothalamus. This master clock translates cues ...

The circadian clock plays a key role in coordinating many biological processes from behaviors to cellular metabolism and mitosis. Disruption of circadian rhythms can increase susceptibility to ...

The study also may help explain how disruptions like jetlag and daylight saving time changes impact circadian rhythms and muscle recovery. "In each of our cells, we have genes that form the ...

Circadian rhythms are the regular, daily cycles of biological processes or activities, including the regular and predictable variation in the levels of many circulating hormones, ions and the ...

As anticipation builds for the longer days that follow this weekend’s switch to daylight savings time, the moment seemed ideal to turn to one of the nation’s leading circadian-rhythms researchers, UC ...