Overview
- Provides a comprehensive review of the retinal circadian rhythmicity and photoreception
- A unique publication for a special topic course in neurobiology for post-docs, upper level undergraduate or graduate courses
- A useful tool for clinicians and healthcare providers about the daily changes in the retina and how these changes may influence treatment and outcome
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Vision Research (SSVR, volume 1)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Daily rhythms are a ubiquitous feature of living systems. Generally, these rhythms are not just passive consequences of cyclic fluctuations in the environment, but instead originate within the organism. In mammals, including humans, the master pacemaker controlling 24-hour rhythms is localized in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus (SCN). This circadian clock is responsible for the temporal organization of a wide variety of functions, ranging from sleep and food intake, to physiological measures such as body temperature, heart rate and hormone release. Moreover, accumulating evidence suggests that dysfunction of the circadian rhythms due to genetic mutations or environmental factors (i.e., jet-lag or shift work) contribute to the development of many pathologies, including sleep disorders, mood and affective disorders such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, as well as the risk of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
About the Editors:
Gianluca Tosini is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta. P. Michael Iuvone is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Douglas G. McMahon is Professor of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology, Associate Director for Education and Training Vanderbilt Brain Institute, and Director of Graduate Studies in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Shaun P. Collin is Professor, Deputy Director of the Oceans Institute and Head of the Neuroecology Group at University of Western Australia, Crawley.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Retina and Circadian Rhythms
Editors: Gianluca Tosini, P. Michael Iuvone, Douglas G. McMahon, Shaun P. Collin
Series Title: Springer Series in Vision Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9613-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9612-0Published: 09 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4664-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9613-7Published: 09 January 2014
Series ISSN: 2625-2635
Series E-ISSN: 2625-2643
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 238
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Neurobiology