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The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology series deals with the aspects of neurosciences that have the most direct and immediate bearing on behavior. It presents the most current research available in the specific areas of sensory modalities. This volume explores circadian rhythms.
List of contents
I Introduction.- 1 The Entrainment of Circadian Rhythm.- 2 Conceptual Issues in the Ecology and Evolution of Circadian Rhythms.- II Organization Of Circadian Systems.- 3 Circadian Rhythms in Unicellular Organisms.- 4 Circadian Systems of Invertebrates.- 5 Circadian Organization in Nonmammalian Vertebrates.- 6 Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.- III Regulation Of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms.- 7 Photic Entrainment of Mammals.- 8 Food-Entrainable Oscillators in Mammals.- 9 Development of Mammalian Rhythms.- 10 Aging of the Mammalian Circadian System.- IV Cell and Molecular Analysis of Circadian Rhythms.- 11 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Regulation in the Unicellular Dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra.- 12 Molecular Genetics of Circadian Rhythms in Neurospora, a Prototypic Circadian System.- 13 Circadian Timekeeps in Drosophila.- 14 Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Molluscan Circadian Pacemakers.- 15 Cellular Mechanisms of Circadian Function in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.- 16 Mammalian Clock Genetics.- V Interaction Of Circadian Clock With Other Rhythmic Functions.- 17 Processes Underlying the Regulation of the Sleep-Wake Cycle Alexander.- 18 Mammalian Photoperiodism.- 19 Circannual Rhythms: Mammals.- VI Human Circadian Rhythms.- 20 Human Circadian Physiology and Sleep-Wake Regulation Charles.- 21 Rhythms of Human Performance.- 22 Circadian Rhythms, Aging and Dementia Timothy.- 23 Circadian Rhythms in Affective Disorders.- 24 Sleep Disorders.- 25 Circadian Modulation of Endocrine Secretion.- 26 Seasonal Photoperiodic Responses of the Human Circadian System.
Summary
The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology series deals with the aspects of neurosciences that have the most direct and immediate bearing on behavior. It presents the most current research available in the specific areas of sensory modalities. This volume explores circadian rhythms.
