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Circadian physiology
La obra destaca los procesos básicos y los resultados de las investigaciones más recientes en la biología circadiana y describe cómo se aplica este conocimiento a la prevención del desequilibrio del horario, el malestar asociado con el trabajo por turnos, el tratamiento de los trastornos del sueño,...
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Formato: | Software Libro |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis,
2006.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- About the author
- Acknowledgments
- Software installation
- Part 1. History and methods. Chapter 1. Early research on circadian rhythms
- Chapter 2. Research methods in circadian physiology
- Chapter 3. Analysis of circadian rhythmicity
- Part 2. Phenomenology. Chapter 4. Ultradian and infradian rhythms
- Chapter 5. Daily and circadian rhythms
- Part 3. Mechanisms. Chapter 6. Endogenous mechanisms
- Chapter 7. Photic environmental mechanisms
- Chapter 8. Nonphotic environmental mechanisms
- Chapter 9. Integration of mechanisms
- Chapter 10. Homeostasis and circadian rhythmicity
- Part 4. Physical substrates. Chapter 11. Receptors
- Chapter 12. Pacemakers
- Chapter 13. Afference and efference
- Part 5. Applications. Chapter 14. Optimal timing on earth and in space
- Chapter 15. Jet lag and shift work
- Chapter 16. Human medicine
- Chapter 17. Pet selection and veterinary medicine
- Dictionary of circadian physiology
- Organisms used
- Index.