Given the ongoing strain that the obesity epidemic has placed on public health outcomes,
new and effective approaches to weight control are needed. One approach to improving …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) occurs in~ 30% of adults and is associated with increased risk of
cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. MetS reflects the clustering of individual …

Melatonin is a pineal indolamine, allegedly known as a circadian rhythm regulator, and an
antioxidative and immunomodulatory molecule. In both experimental and clinical trials …

Circadian rhythms regulate a remarkable variety of physiologic functions in living organisms.
Circadian disruption is associated with tumorigenesis and tumor progression through effects …

Animals have evolved circadian rhythms to adapt to the 24-h day-night cycle. Circadian
rhythms are controlled by molecular clocks in the brain and periphery, which is driven by …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common motor disorder that has become increasingly
prevalent in the ageing population. Recent works have suggested that circadian rhythms …

Circadian rhythms are natural rhythms that widely exist in all creatures, and regulate the
processes and physiological functions of various biochemical reactions. The circadian clock …

Background Even though several computational methods for rhythmicity detection and
analysis of biological data have been proposed in recent years, classical trigonometric …

Aims Over the past years, interest in chrono-nutrition has grown enormously as the
fundamental role of circadian rhythms in regulating most physiological and metabolic …

Sleep is critical for the maintenance of physiological homeostasis and, as such, inadequate
sleep beckons a myriad of pathologies. Sleep deprivation is a growing health concern in …