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Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One of the pioneers in research on sleep:wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the ...


Hebrew University, US scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.


Feeding the clock

Feeding the clock: Cycles of feeding and fasting drive circadian gene expression in the liver

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

When you eat may be just as vital to your health as what you eat, found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their experiments in mice revealed that the daily waxing and waning of thousands ...


Faulty body clock may make kids bipolar

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar disorder in children. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with p ...


New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

Biology / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...


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Research describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body’s Circadian system and may ...


Active hearing process in mosquitoes

Active hearing process in mosquitoes

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A mathematical model has explained some of the remarkable features of mosquito hearing. In particular, the male can hear the faintest beats of the female's wings and yet is not deafened by loud noises.


Scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Their findings, which may be relevant to the relationship betwee ...



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