Bacterial circadian rhythms

Deprivation of sleep has been linked to a variety of health issues from type II diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases, to mental health issues such as depression (Porkka-Heiskanen, Zitting & Wigren, 2013). The busy lifestyles of Western culture in the 21st century have increasingly deprived individuals of sleep. This could potentially be a contributing reason that there has been an increase of obesity in cultures such as that of the United States. But what makes humans sleep? Why, as a species

Renesslaer Polytechnic Institute. The topic of the seminar was Circadian Biology: The complexities of keeping time. In this seminar, she went into depth about circadian rhythms and why they are important. Jennifer has done many experiments in regards circadian rhythms to learn more about them. One experiment she conducted consisted of the plant Daphnia. Jennifer and her research team discovered that the Daphnia has a molecular circadian rhythm. This illustrated that humans are not the only one with a

A biological rhythm is defined as a “period, more or less regular fluctuation in a biological system; it may or may not have psychological implications” (p.143). Our bodies go through multiple ups and downs in physiological functioning and this is known as biological rhythms. Circadian rhythms are a biological rhythm that occurs in a period of about every 24 hours. The best-known rhythm is the sleep-wake cycle. Suprachiasmatic nucleus is located in hypothalamus, and it contains the biological

provisions to pilots. Moreover, accident surveys and aviation studies all indicate that fatigue is an emerging hazard and a major concern in airline industries around the world. Long flying pilots often attribute the cause of their fatigue to circadian disturbances and sleep deprivation, which is as a result of time zone transitions. While short flying pilots attribute their fatigue on workload and sleep

Circadian rhythm is a daily cycle of activity that is performed. For example, going to the gym, school, and then work, is a daily cycle, whereas sitting on the couch all day and occasionally driving to the store and back is not. It is doing something with your

Sleep is the unsung hero of our lives. We simply cannot function without it. We make it extremely difficult on ourselves when we decide to play on our electronic devices rather than sleep. The blue light emitted from the device tricks our brains into thinking its daytime making it harder to fall asleep. Lack of sleep decreases your ability to learn, focus, have a positive attitude and it puts you at risk for diseases such as depression and A.D.D. The problem presented was that if electronics are

In 2014, Kalayasiri, R., Verachai, V., Gelernter, J., Mutirangura, A., & Malison, R. conducted a study of the relationship between methamphetamine use and paranoia. Methamphetamine is one of the drugs that can cause addiction very easily. "Among methamphetamine-dependent individuals, paranoia appears to occur increasingly rapidly in a course of a session of methamphetamine use" (Kalayasiri et al., 2014, p. 965). Kalayasiri et al., (2014) calls this type of paranoia "methamphetamine-induced paranoia

Children that have trouble getting to sleep at night can suffer greatly in many areas due to sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation can also lead to a weaker immune system due to lack of bodily rest. This could also slow down brain growth due to it being active too often. The best way to help the child is to first realize what the main cause of the problem is and seek professional help for that specific disorder. Having a schedule for night time and keeping it consistent could possibly help aid in

is the difficulty someone has in falling asleep, maintaining sleep and extreme tiredness throughout the day (D. Sue et al., p.425). The dyssomnias involve several disorders which include insomnia, hypersomnolence, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, and circadian-rhythm sleep wake disorder. Insomnia. Parasomnia is the abnormalities occurring during the sleep- wake transition. Non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal disorder, nightmare disorder, and rapid eye movement sleep disorder are some of the results caused

Lindley Hill Dr. Quiray BSC-1085C-003 24 September 2015 Circadian Rhythm Disorder Commonly known as Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD) and other names, is a disorder in which the persons internal body clock is not in sync with the morning-rise evening-sleep pattern of the majority of people. Individuals with this disorder are not able to sleep and wake at the times that are regulated by normal work and school hours. They usually get enough sleep to keep them at a functional level through