Circadian Clocks

2013
ISBN: 978-3-642-44853-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 217, 417 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 6438 g

Reihe: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

This book provides the reader with a contemporary and comprehensive overview about the molecular, cellular and system-wide principles of circadian clock regulation. Emphasis is placed on the importance of circadian clocks for the timing of therapeutic interventions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Merrow, Martha

Kramer, Achim

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Molecular and cellular basis of circadian clocks. Molecular components of the mammalian circadian clock. The epigenetic language of circadian clocks. Peripheral circadian oscillators in mammals. Cellular mechanisms of circadian pacemaking: beyond transcriptional loops. The clock in the brain: Neurons, glia and networks in daily rhythms.- Part II. Circadian control of physiology and behavior. Circadian clocks and metabolism. The circadian control of sleep. Daily regulation of hormone profiles. Circadian clocks and mood-related behaviors. Part III. Chronopharmacology and chronotherapy. Molecular Clocks in Pharmacology. Cancer chronotherapeutics: Experimental, theoretical and clinical aspects. Pharmacological modulators of the circadian clock as potential therapeutic drugs: Focus on genotoxic/anticancer therapy. Light and the human circadian clock.- Part IV. Systems biology of circadian clocks. Mathematical modeling in chronobiology. Mammalian circadian clock: the roles of transcriptional repression and delay. Genome-wide analyses of circadian systems. Proteomic approaches in circadian biology.