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Clocks, Sleep and Rhythms

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By: Tom Fresen
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Lecture 1 - Introduction to clocks
What are some selective pressures,
What does circadian mean,
What are the features of a circad...
27  cards
Lecture 2 Light regulation of the circadian system
Phase response curve in hamsters ...,
Do rods and cones fully explain l...,
Extra retinal birds photoentrainment
19  cards
Lecture 3 Clock circuits in the mammalian brain
Pvn,
Aha,
Spvnz
34  cards
Lecture 4- Genetic components of the mammalian molecular clock
Dbp,
Pleiotropic effects of clocks nb ...,
How much of the genome is under c...
34  cards
Lecture 5- How do Clock Cells Talk
What indicates that the scn depen...,
Avp vasopressin location of recep...,
What kind of receptors are neurop...
30  cards
Lecture 6- Clocks in The Limbic System
What did the development of biolu...,
How is a bioluminescence recordin...,
Extra scn oscillations in
27  cards
Lecture 7 When does the clock start ticking?
Newborn clocks,
Old people clocks,
Rodent developmental ages
22  cards
Lecture 8- Ageing in the Circadian Clocks
Healthspan,
Clock mt mice health problems,
Per2 mt mice health problems
37  cards
Lecture 9 Rhythms in the brain and sleep
How can you define sleep,
Transition between sleep wakefuln...,
Why do we sleep
38  cards
Lecture 10 Light regulation of sleep states
Kleitman experiment,
Aschoff experiment,
What is the opponent process model
25  cards
Lecture 11: Orexins and Narcolepsy
What is narcolepsy,
What are orexins hypocretins moa ...,
Evolution of orexins and similari...
18  cards
Lecture 12: Genetics of sleep disorders
Where are the main outputs of the...,
Role of mpo,
Role of pvn
30  cards
Lecture 13: Clocks and Metabolism I
Define metabolism,
Define metabolic rate,
What is catabolism
29  cards
Lecture 14: Clocks and Metabolism II
Why have such a robust food entra...,
Bmal1 ko mice,
Mice v rats
30  cards
Lecture 15- Clocks and Immunity I
Innate immunity,
Adaptive immunity,
Cells involved in innate immunity
28  cards
Lecture 16- Clocks and Immunity II
Symptoms and underlying cause of ...,
Circadian variation in rheumatoid...,
How can treatment of rheumatoid a...
22  cards
Lecture 17: Seasonal clocks I
Why must animals adapt to a chang...,
What are some seasonal events tha...,
What is photoperiod
20  cards
Lecture 18: Seasonal clocks II
What is the target tissue for mel...,
Describe melatonin receptors,
What is the cellular makeup of th...
18  cards

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