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Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning
OBJECTIVE: Review relationships among circadian clocks, core body temperature (CBT), and fertility in women. METHODS: Scoping literature review. RESULTS: Circadian clocks are a ubiquitous adaptation to the most predictable environmental events – the daily cycles of light and dark. Core body temperat...
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Ubiquity Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024445 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcr.200 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Review relationships among circadian clocks, core body temperature (CBT), and fertility in women. METHODS: Scoping literature review. RESULTS: Circadian clocks are a ubiquitous adaptation to the most predictable environmental events – the daily cycles of light and dark. Core body temperature (CBT) also follows a circadian rhythm. Additionally, CBT is tightly controlled by a combination of neuronal circuits that begin in the hypothalamus and involve many other portions of the brain as well as a wide range of peripheral mechanisms. In women with normal reproductive function, the diurnal temperature pattern for CBT is strongly influenced by the menstrual cycle of reproductive hormones, primarily estradiol and progesterone, which modulate the activity of hypothalamic neural circuits involved in body temperature control, resulting in an infradian CBT rhythm. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of CBT via continuous recording reveals patterns in the interactions of circadian and infradian CBT rhythms capable of accurately predicting the fertility window and hormonal patterns suggesting oligo-ovulation and subfertility. New wearable technologies can facilitate employment of hormone-associated changes in CBT for pregnancy planning and offer clinical insight to infertility and menopause. |
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spelling | pubmed-75180732020-10-05 Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning Webster, Wade W. Smarr, Benjamin J Circadian Rhythms Review OBJECTIVE: Review relationships among circadian clocks, core body temperature (CBT), and fertility in women. METHODS: Scoping literature review. RESULTS: Circadian clocks are a ubiquitous adaptation to the most predictable environmental events – the daily cycles of light and dark. Core body temperature (CBT) also follows a circadian rhythm. Additionally, CBT is tightly controlled by a combination of neuronal circuits that begin in the hypothalamus and involve many other portions of the brain as well as a wide range of peripheral mechanisms. In women with normal reproductive function, the diurnal temperature pattern for CBT is strongly influenced by the menstrual cycle of reproductive hormones, primarily estradiol and progesterone, which modulate the activity of hypothalamic neural circuits involved in body temperature control, resulting in an infradian CBT rhythm. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of CBT via continuous recording reveals patterns in the interactions of circadian and infradian CBT rhythms capable of accurately predicting the fertility window and hormonal patterns suggesting oligo-ovulation and subfertility. New wearable technologies can facilitate employment of hormone-associated changes in CBT for pregnancy planning and offer clinical insight to infertility and menopause. Ubiquity Press 2020-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7518073/ /pubmed/33024445 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcr.200 Text en Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Review Webster, Wade W. Smarr, Benjamin Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning |
title | Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning |
title_full | Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning |
title_fullStr | Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning |
title_full_unstemmed | Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning |
title_short | Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning |
title_sort | using circadian rhythm patterns of continuous core body temperature to improve fertility and pregnancy planning |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024445 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jcr.200 |
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