Science news articles about 'peripheral clocks'

... correlations. This study is important because it shows for the first time that the timing of a human peripheral clock correlates with hormonal circadian markers and sleep/wake activity. It also ...

... is disrupted, the liver, for example, ends up on one time zone, and the brain on another. These peripheral clocks in the body's organ systems cannot themselves receive information directly. To know ...

... has demonstrated that individual cells isolated from the biological clock can keep daily time all by themselves. However, ... like your liver or your lung. Those peripheral clocks can keep 24-hour time, ...

... drugs come with cardiovascular benefits, according to the researchers. "This is the first study to demonstrate that a peripheral clock plays a role in the circadian rhythm of blood pressure and heart ...

... inactivation of AMPK in mice blocks these effects, stabilizing CRY1 and severely disrupting peripheral clocks. In contrast, treating mice with AICAR, a synthetic drug that directly activates AMPK, ...

... clock in the brain, many tissues throughout the body harbor circadian clocks. "These peripheral clocks, such as in the liver and heart, regulate local rhythms of biochemistry and physiology, but are ...