Sleep and circadian rhythms: Evolutionary entanglement and local regulation

abstract: Circadian rhythms evolved within single cell organisms and serve to regulate rest-activity cycles in most single-cell and multiple-cell organisms. In contrast, sleep is a network emergent property found in animals with a nervous system. Rhythms and sleep are much entangled involving shared...

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Main Author: James M. Krueger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451994420300043
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Summary:abstract: Circadian rhythms evolved within single cell organisms and serve to regulate rest-activity cycles in most single-cell and multiple-cell organisms. In contrast, sleep is a network emergent property found in animals with a nervous system. Rhythms and sleep are much entangled involving shared regulatory molecules such as adenosine, ATP, cytokines, neurotrophins, and nitric oxide. These molecules are activity-dependent and act locally to initiate regulatory events involved in rhythms, sleep, and plasticity.
ISSN:2451-9944