The Neurobiology of Circadian Timing

Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation, and provide their views and perspectives for future research
Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered
All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation, and provide their views and perspectives for future researchChapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics coveredAll chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

1. How Rod, Cone and Melanopsin Photoreceptors Come Together to Enlighten the Mammalian Circadian Clock

Robert J Lucas, Gurprit S Lall, Annette E Allen and Timothy M Brown

2. Melanopsin Phototransduction: Slowly Emerging from the Dark

Steven Hughes, Mark W. Hankins, Russell G. Foster and Stuart N. Peirson

3. Circadian Clocks: Lessons From Fish

M. Laura Idda, Cristiano Bertolucci, Daniela Vallone, Yoav Gothilf, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Vázquez and Nicholas S. Foulkes

4. Two Clocks in the Brain – An Update of the Morning and Evening Oscillator Model in Drosophila

Taishi Yoshii, Dirk Rieger and Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

5. Circadian System from Conception Till Adulthood

Alena Sumova, Martin Sladek, Lenka Polidarova, Marta Novakova and Pavel Houdek

6. When does it start Ticking? Ontogenetic Development of the Mammalian Circadian System

Elmar Christ, Horst-Werner Korf and Charlotte von Gall

7. The Circadian Output Signals from the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei

Jia-Da Li, Wang-Ping Hu and Qun-Yong Zhou

8. Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Cellular Clocks and Networks

Sato Honma, Daisuke Ono, Yohko Suzuki, Natsuko Inagaki, Tomoko Yoshikawa, Wataru Nakamura and Ken-ichi Honma

9. Dynamic Neuronal Network Organization of the Circadian Clock, and Possible Deterioration in Disease

Johanna H. Meijer, Christopher S. Colwell, Jos H.T. Rohling, Thijs Houben and Stephan Michel

10. Interaction of Central and Peripheral Clocks in Physiological Regulation

Johanna L. Barclay, Anthony H. Tsang and Henrik Oster

11. Circadian Rhythms in White Adipose Tissue

R. van der Spek, F. Kreier, E. Fliers and A. Kalsbeek

12. Circadian Modulation of Sleep in Rodents

Roman Yasenkov and Tom Deboer

13. Local Aspects of Sleep: Observations from Intracerebral Recordings in Humans

Lino Nobili, Luigi De Gennaro, Paola Proserpio, Fabio Moroni, Simone Sarasso, Andrea Pigorini, Fabrizio De Carli and Michele Ferrara

14. The Circadian Clock Component PERIOD2: From Molecular to Cerebral Functions

Jürgen A. Ripperger and Urs Albrecht

15. Generation of Mouse Mutants as Tools in Dissecting the Molecular Clock

Sneha N. Anand, Jessica K. Edwards and Patrick M. Nolan

16. In Search of a Temporal Niche: Social Interactions

Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz, Matthew J. Paul and William J. Schwartz

17. In Search of a Temporal Niche: Environmental Factors

Roelof A. Hut, Noga Kronfeld-Schor, Vincent Van der Vinne and Horacio De la Iglesia

18. Feedback Actions of Locomotor Activity to The Circadian Clock

Alun T.L. Hughes and Hugh D. Piggins

19. The Impact of The Circadian Timing System on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Function

Christopher J. Morris, Jessica N. Yang and Frank A.J.L. Scheer

20. Nutrition and The Circadian Timing System

D.J. Stenvers, C.F. Jonkers, E. Fliers, P.H.L.T. Bisschop and A. Kalsbeek

21. Managing Neurobehavioral Capability when Social Expediency Trumps Biological Imperatives

Andrea M. Spaeth, Namni Goel and David F. Dinges

22. Noisy and Individual, but Doable: Shift-Work Research in Humans

Thomas Kantermann, Sophie M.T. Wehrens, Melissa A. Ulhôa, Claudia Moreno and Debra J. Skene

23. The Evolutionary Physiology of Photoperiodism in Vertebrates

David Hazlerigg

24. A Kiss for Daily and Seasonal Reproduction

V. Simonneaux, I. Bur, C. Ancel, L. Ansel and P. Klosen

25. Circannual Rhythm in the Varied Carpet Beetle, Anthrenus verbasci

Yosuke Miyazaki, Tomoyosi Nisimura and Hideharu Numata

26. Avian Migration: Temporal Multi-Tasking and a Case Study of Melatonin Cycles in Waders Barbara Helm, Eberhard Gwinner, Anita Koolhaas, Phil Battley, Ingrid Schwabl, Anne Dekinga and Theunis Piersma