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Timing to Perfection: The Biology of Central and Peripheral Circadian Clocks

Urs Albrecht
- 26 Apr 2012 - 
- Vol. 74, Iss: 2, pp 246-260
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This review will highlight the relationship between clocks and metabolism, and describe how cues such as light, food, and reward mediate entrainment of the circadian system.
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This article is published in Neuron.The article was published on 2012-04-26 and is currently open access. It has received 682 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Circadian clock.

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Transcriptional architecture of the mammalian circadian clock

TL;DR: Genome-wide analyses of the clock transcriptional feedback loop have revealed a global circadian regulation of processes such as transcription factor occupancy, RNA polymerase II recruitment and initiation, nascent transcription, and chromatin remodelling.
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Association between light at night, melatonin secretion, sleep deprivation, and the internal clock: Health impacts and mechanisms of circadian disruption.

TL;DR: Countermeasures to the effects of ALAN, such as melatonin, bright light, or psychotropic drugs, have been proposed as a means to combat circadian clock disruption and improve adaptation to shift and night work.
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BDNF mediates adaptive brain and body responses to energetic challenges

TL;DR: Findings suggest that brain-derived neurotrophic factor serves widespread roles in regulating energy homeostasis by controlling patterns of feeding and physical activity, and by modulating glucose metabolism in peripheral tissues.
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Shift work and cancer risk: potential mechanistic roles of circadian disruption, light at night, and sleep deprivation.

TL;DR: The possible multiple and interconnected cancer-promoting mechanisms as a consequence of shift work are examined, i.e., repeated disruption of the circadian system, pineal hormone melatonin suppression by exposure to light at night, sleep-deprivation-caused impairment of the immune system, plus metabolic changes favoring obesity and generation of proinflammatory reactive oxygen species.
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How Might Circadian Rhythms Control Mood? Let Me Count the Ways...

TL;DR: This review will summarize recent data that implicate the circadian system as a vital regulator of a variety of systems that are thought to play a role in the development of mood disorders.
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