circadian clock
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circadian
adj
uk/sɜːˈkeɪ.di.ən/us/sɝːˈkeɪ.di.ən/
used to describe the processes in animals and plants that happen naturally during a ...
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clock
noun
uk/klɒk/us/klɑːk/
a device for measuring and showing time, usually found in or on a building and not worn by ...
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Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set thecircadianclock.
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Rather, light acts indirectly by modulating the output of thecircadianclock.
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Acircadianclockin the fish retina regulates dopamine release via activation of melatonin receptors.
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This suggests that a developmental pleiotropy that is not based on thecircadianclock, but which involves the per locus, is mediating these pre-adult phenotypes.
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Three period homologs in mammals : differential light responses in the suprachiasmaticcircadianclockand oscillating transcripts outside of brain.
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Zebrafish visual sensitivity is regulated by acircadianclock.
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Negative feedback defines acircadianclock: autoregulation of the clock gene frequency.
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These changes may be circadian and independent of light, independent of circadian clocks and regulated by light, or regulated by acircadianclockand light.
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Dopamine affects both melatonin production and the retinalcircadianclock.
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Limulus photoreceptors are unique in that they are the only well-characterized opsin-based photoreceptors that do not contain their own internalcircadianclock.
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Under these conditions, the extent of tracer coupling was similar during the subjective day and subjective night and thus was not affected by the retinalcircadianclock.
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Circadian changes do not require light, but it is not known to what extent light can influence photoreceptor functions in the absence of signals from acircadianclock.
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Circadianclockfunctions localized in xenopus retinal photoreceptors.
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Melatonin directly resets the rat suprachiasmaticcircadianclockin vitro.
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Photic entrainment of thecircadianclockis also critical in maintaining appropriate temporal relationships among separate physiological events occurring throughout the day and the circadian cycle.
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Photoreceptor gene expression could be influenced directly by light-driven biochemical cascades or light could exer t its influence indirectly by modulating the output of acircadianclock.
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Biological rhythms, including cycles related to sleep and wakefulness, mood, and cognitive performance, are synchronized with the body's internalcircadianclock.
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It is thought that sufferers have a weakcircadianclock.
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