Despite the ongoing fundamental controversy about the physiological function of sleep,
there is general consensus that sleep benefits neuronal plasticity, which ultimately supports …

Conditioned place preference (CPP) continues to be one of the most popular models to
study the motivational effects of drugs and non‐drug treatments in experimental animals …

Circadian rhythms influence most of our life activities, notably getting up and going to sleep
every day. The new edition of this book delves into the mechanisms surrounding how these …

The circadian system has pronounced influence on learning and memory, manifesting as
marked changes in memory acquisition and recall across the day. From a mechanistic …

Featured Application This review summarizes current knowledge regarding the effects of
physical activity on the robustness of the circadian system and the benefits for health …

Decades of studies have shown that eliminating circadian rhythms of mammals does not
compromise their health or longevity in the laboratory in any obvious way. These …

Circadian clocks evolved under conditions of environmental variation, primarily alternating
light dark cycles, to enable organisms to anticipate daily environmental events and …

Circadian rhythms are endogenous and need to be continuously entrained (synchronized)
with the environment. Entrainment includes both coupling internal oscillators to external …

Background Circadian rhythms govern many aspects of physiology and behavior including
cognitive processes. Components of neural circuits involved in learning and memory, eg, the …

The circadian system is an endogenous biological network responsible for coordinating
near-24-h cycles in behavior and physiology with daily timing cues from the external …