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The Circadian System of Man

Results of Experiments Under Temporal Isolation

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  1. Rütger A. Wever

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Andechs, West Germany

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Part of the book series: Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine (TEPHY)

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Table of contents (6 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Rütger A. Wever
    Pages 1-24

  3. Autonomous Rhythms

    • Rütger A. Wever
    Pages 25-127

  4. Heteronomous Rhythms

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    Pages 128-197

  5. Synthesis

    • Rütger A. Wever
    Pages 198-233

  6. Conclusions and Speculations

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    Pages 234-255

  7. References

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    Pages 256-265

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 266-276
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About this book

Biological rhythmicity has been a subject of scientific research for a relatively short time. In the special case of daily, or circadian rhythms, it is only during the past twenty years that rapidly increasing efforts have been undertaken in evaluat­ ing properties and mechanisms. As a consequence of these efforts, the study of biological and, in particular, circadian rhythmicity is no longer a somewhat dubious occupation but rather a serious branch of science which combines the interdisciplinary efforts of numerous researchers around the world. The general result of these efforts is that many features of circadian rhythms of many different species of living beings are well known today. In addition to studies with lower organisms, the evaluation of human circadian rhythms was originally more or less a compulsory exercise done in order to extend the "catalogue of species"; of course, the work was of unusual impor­ tance due to the special position of man in biology. In the course of the very first experimental series, it became clear that humans possess an "internal clock" as had been established in various organisms, protists, plants, and animals, and that human circadian rhythms fit the general regularities of biological rhythms known at that time. However, it soon became apparent that circadian rhythmicity of man shows, additionally, particularities of great general interest, for practical and theoretical reasons.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Andechs, West Germany

    Rütger A. Wever

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Circadian System of Man

  • Book Subtitle: Results of Experiments Under Temporal Isolation

  • Authors: Rütger A. Wever

  • Series Title: Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6142-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6144-5Published: 08 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-6142-1Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6048

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 276

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

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